True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
‘Safe Harbor’ is a state of mind… it’s the place – in reality or metaphor – to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song.
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail.
I take friendship very seriously.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never.
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.
Friendships are the family we make – not the one we inherit. I’ve always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.
Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet’ner of life, and solder of society.
Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal kindnesses. You love each other for the happy experiences and pleasures you share.
A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.
There is no friendship out there. When you race, you have to fight. That’s it.
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
Experts on romance say for a happy marriage there has to be more than a passionate love. For a lasting union, they insist, there must be a genuine liking for each other. Which, in my book, is a good definition for friendship.
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right.
My message to the people and rulers of Pakistan is, ‘As neighbours, we want peace and friendship and cooperation with you so that together we can change the face of South Asia.’
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can’t have too many friends because then you’re just not really friends.
