#friendship

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."

"As you walk through forestsor the meadows of your mind,Stop and talk to those you fearGood friendships you may find"

"Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue)."

"Friendship grows from a caring heart with sense and sensibilities."

"The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?"

"Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child."

"The most powerful force that can transform an enemy into a friend is simple kindness."

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."

"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

"There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature."

"Please, touch me, I pray."

"Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure."

"True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future, false friends will always chain you to the mistakes in your past."

"So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend."

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

"It must not be forgotten that reason too needs to be sustained in all its searching by trusting dialogue and sincere friendship. A climate of suspicion and distrust, which can beset speculative research, ignores the teaching of the ancient philosophers who proposed friendship as one of the most appropriate contexts for sound philosophical enquiry."

"Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good."

"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything."

"If you have good friends, no matter how much life is sucking , they can make you laugh."

"The Puzzle Piece CharmTo A Life Filled with Friends Who Complete You"