"Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer."
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"I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship."
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"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life."
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"To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer."
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"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own."
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"I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down."
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"We must be our own before we can be another's."
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"It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others."
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"A friend to all is a friend to none."
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"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
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"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life."
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"Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words."
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"An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him."
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"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."
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"May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you"
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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers."
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"Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."
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"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."
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"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."
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"The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend."
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