Friendship is the purest love. It is the highest form of Love where nothing is asked for, no condition, where one simply enjoys giving.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

Actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.

Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself-and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to-letting a person be what he really is.

My wife has been my closest friend, my closest advisor. And ... she’s not somebody who looks to the limelight, or even is wild about me being in politics. And that’s a good reality check on me. When I go home, she wants me to be a good father and a good husband. And everything else is secondary to that.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.

Don't let grass grow on the path of friendship.

Chaos is a friend of mine.

In order to create good relationships... - with your mind, think about what you have to learn from others, - with your eyes, look into good qualities of others, - with your words, recognise, value and appreciate their accomplishments, - with your actions, cooperate and do something for others.

I cannot afford to overlook the influence that other people may have on me. It might seem like a simple everyday occurrence - my friends tell me in the strictest confidence that such and such a person is like this and does so-and-so. I listen and accept without question because of the friendship. My attitude and actions then become influenced by my friend's words, and I find myself acting and reacting in accordance with the information fed to me. This is the negative influence of gossip in action.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

God is that friend and it is up to you to break the silence and bring Him into your life at every moment of the day. God is love, and that is the easiest way to find Him, through love. If you keep your heart open and let love flow, God's love will fill you with divine energy and help you along the path, guiding you to overcome all obstacles. It is a long journey, but it becomes shorter and easier once you share it with the Lord. He knows the path, and will guide you all the way to the very end, to ultimate liberation.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

Of all things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one

A good friend is better than silver and gold

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

A real friend is one who takes the hand of his friend in times of distress and helplessness.

Brotherhood means understanding that a cry of pain means the same in all languages and so does a smile.

The best kind of friend is the kind, you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away, feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

More valuable than the things we give to each other are the gifts of virtues we pass on quietly to others through our selfless and noble actions. These gifts are truly precious because they are imperishable and they multiply the more we share them.

I make it a point to write something every day, even if it's only to myself. In fact, it is mostly to myself. How else do I get to know me? And how else do I get to know what I know until I hear what I have to say? The most important conversation in all our worlds is with ourselves. One way to converse is to take two words and then let your mind flow into them, around them and through them, and then out through your pen on to a blank white page. It doesn't matter what comes -but be sure that you will reveal yourself to yourself, and if you keep doing it I can guarantee you will be astounded by revelation. Start your journal today.

Make your every thought, word and deed such that the impact gives someone courage and zeal and enthusiasm.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

If our friendship depends on things like space and time, then when we finally overcome space and time, we've destroyed our own brotherhood! But overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. And in the middle of Here and Now, dont you think that we might see each other once or twice?

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

Dont be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, arent you already there?