~ Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
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~ All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand.
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~ It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
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~ Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
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~ You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.
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~ The light of friendship is like the light of phosphorus, even plainest when all around is dark.
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~ Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.
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~ It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
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~ Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
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~ If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.
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~ The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.
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~ A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. ~