Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
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Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.
I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success ... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.
Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
All we can do is to make the best of our friends, love and cherish what is good in them, and keep out of the way what is bad.
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
A friend is more concerned about helping people than getting credit. A friend cares. A friend loves. A friend listens. And a friend reaches out.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Lovers may be and indeed generally are enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.
Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love.
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