I love no one. Such a life may experience many successes. I have a true friend who no longer lives close by. That friend has rightly said to me that true friendship does not need to be cultivated. It has taken such deep roots that it cannot be destroyed by the destructive winds of time or the buffeting waves that would wipe out a lesser relationship.
True friendship is based up a relationship of truth.
In his essays, Emerson said, The highest compact we can make with our fellow is, . . . Let there be truth between us two forevermore . . . This is not to say we will not communicate with a friend and express our love. It is to say that the continuation of a true friendship does not depend for its continued existence on anything but the reality of itself. It has been noted that in our American culture, one of the greatest problems we face is the break up of homes.