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.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
You Too? I thought I was the only one.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.
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.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.
Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
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