The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft...