Member Nathaniel Hawthorne Member @Nathaniel Hawthorne • Joined Jan 2026 • Not recently active Remove Connection Are you sure you want to remove from your connections? Profile Groups Quotes Forums Connections Quotes from Nathaniel Hawthorne“Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.View Quote →“The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove oneself a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.Nathaniel HawthorneView Quote →“Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.Nathaniel HawthorneView Quote →“Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.Nathaniel HawthorneView Quote →