Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
Charles DarwinRead
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
Interpretation
A person's true value can be gauged by the depth and quality of their friendships.
This quote by Charles Darwin suggests that the relationships and friendships a person forms serve as a reflection of their character and value as a human being. It implies that the ability to build and maintain strong, meaningful friendships is an essential aspect of an individual's worth, emphasizing the importance of social connections in defining who we are.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a toast at a friend's gathering to celebrate friendships.
Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaw[s] & holes as sound parts.
We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm--a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven.
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps
Winning has always meant much to me, but winning friends has meant the most.
And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.
To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.
If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. but if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly. If he shut the doors of the house of mourning against me, I would move back again and again and beg to be admitted so that I might share in what I was entitled to share. If he thought me unworthy, unfit to weep with him, I should feel it as the most poignant humiliation.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
They're a rotten crowd', I shouted across the lawn. 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.
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