"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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PAULO COELHO Quotes


"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.” ~Paulo Coelho

"A happy man is a man who carries man within him. And happiness can be found in a simple grain of desert sand." ~Paulo Coelho

“After all, what is happiness? Love, they tell me. But love doesn't bring and never has brought happiness. On the contrary, it's a constant state of anxiety, a battlefield; it's sleepless nights, asking ourselves all the time if we're doing the right thing. Real love is composed of ecstasy and agony.” ~Paulo Coelho, The Witch Of Portobello

"All life battles teach us something, even those we lose." ~Paulo Coelho

“All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society.” ~Paulo Coelho

"Always stay on the bridge between the invisible and the visible." ~Paulo Coelho

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep going forward despite the fear.” ~Paulo Coelho

"And (that) no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of it's dreams." ~The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

"And the day will come when those difficult moments are merely stories to be told." ~Paulo Coelho

"And, when you can't go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward." ~Paulo Coelho

"Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time." ~Paulo Coelho 

"Anyone who loves must know how to love themselves and find themselves again." ~Paulo Coelho

"Avoiding problems you need to face … is avoiding the life you need to live." ~Paulo Coelho

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience." ~Paulo Coelho

"Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person – nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need." ~Paulo Coelho

“Behind the mask of ice that people wear, there beats a heart of fire.” ~Paolo Coelho, Warrior of the Light

"Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge. If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.
And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void." ~Paulo Coelho, "Manuscript found in Accra"

"By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end." ~Coelho

"Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or ignorance, but simply because they lead you nowhere." ~Paulo Coelho

"Collect moments. Not things." ~Paulo Coelho

“Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbor is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.” ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't allow anyone to steal your joy." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't allow society to transform you into someone you are not. If you are not following your dream, stop!" ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't allow your wounds to transform you into someone you are not." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't be afraid to be different." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don’t forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies…” ~Paulo Coelho 

"Don’t give in to your fears. If you do you won’t be able to talk to your heart." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't let yourself be weighed down by what other people think, because in a few years, in a few decades, or in a few centuries, that way of thinking will have changed. Live now what others will only live in the future." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't place your dreams in the hands of those who can destroy them." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't think there are no beasts just because the forest is silent." ~Paulo Coelho

"Don't waste your time with explanations: People only hear what they want to hear." ~Paulo Coelho

"Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle." ~Paul Coelho

"Either by having nothing happen at all, or by having everything happen at once." ~Paul Coelho

"Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony" ~Paulo Coelho

"Enthusiasm is the force that leads us to the final victory." ~Paulo Coelho

"Every person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it." ~Paulo Coelho
“Everyone believes the world's greatest lie..." says the mysterious old man.
"What is the world's greatest lie?" the little boy asks.

The old man replies, "It's this:
that at a certain point in our lives,
we lose control of what's happening to us,
and our lives become controlled by fate.
That's the world's greatest lie.”
~Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
"Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own." ~Paulo Coelho , The Alchemist

"Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive … and it has a soul." ~Paulo Coelho

"Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?" ~Paulo Coelho

"Faith shows us that we are never alone. Transformation helps us to love the mystery." ~Paulo Coelho

"Fight for your dreams and your dreams will fight for you." ~Paulo Coelho

"For the warrior, there is no "better" or "worse"; everyone has the necessary gifts for his particular path." ~Paulo Coelho

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose—and commit myself to—what is best for me.” ~Paulo Coelho

"Friendship isn't a big thing. It's a million little things." ~Paulo Coelho

"Get fun without drink.
Talk without cellphone.
Dream without drugs.
Smile without selfies.
Love without conditions."
~Paulo Coelho

"God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him." ~Paulo Coelho

"Haters are confused admirers who can't understand why everybody else likes you." ~Paulo Coelho

"Humans can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings." ~Paulo Coelho

"I am two women: one wants to have all the joy, passion and adventure that life can give me. The other wants to be a slave to routine, to family life, to the things that can be planned and achieved. I'm a housewife and a prostitute, both of us living in the same body and doing battle with each other." ~Paulo Coelho

"I bear many scars, but I also carry with me moments that would not have happened if I had not dared to go beyond my limits." ~Paulo Coelho

"I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life." ~Paulo Coelho

"I don't regret my painful times, I bare my scars as if they were medals. I know that freedom has a high price." ~Paulo Coelho

"I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side." ~Paulo Coelho

Iloilo City
11 December 2019
(Meet Up and Bonding with my family)

"I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature." ~Paulo Coelho

"I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them." ~Paulo Coelho

"I never give up on the things that make me happy. It is not selfishness, it's 'la joie de vivre'!" ~Paulo Coelho

"I thank all those who laughed at my dreams; you taught me to grow and to fight for what I consider important." ~Paulo Coelho

"I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first time we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings..."~Paulo Coelho

"I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea." ~Paulo Coelho

"I want to continue being crazy; living my life the way I dreamt it, and not the way other people want it to be." ~Paulo Coelho

"I write to empty my mind and to fill my heart. (Escribo para vaciar mi mente y llenar mi corazón.)" ~Paulo Coelho

"If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Nobody can please everybody." ~Paulo Coelho

"If someone hurts you, reacts. Forgiveness comes afterwards." ~Paulo Coelho

"If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.” ~Paulo Coelho

"If we don't know where to go, no wind is favourable." ~Paulo Coelho

"If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you don't care about what people think, you already passed the first step of success." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you have work instead of a job, everyday is holiday." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you love someone you must be prepared to set them free." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you think that adventure is dangerous, try routine, it's lethal." ~Paulo Coelho

"If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: Never lie to yourself." ~Paulo Coelho

"Important encounters are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other." ~Paulo Coelho

"In dire times you can lose joy, but you can't lose hope. Hope is your guide." ~Paulo Coelho

"In solitude, they will discover the love that might otherwise arrive unnoticed. 
In solitude, they will understand and respect the love that left them.
In solitude, they will be able to decide whether it is worth asking that lost love to come back or if they should simply let it go and set off along a new path.
In solitude, they will learn that saying ‘No’ does not always show a lack of generosity and that saying ‘Yes’ is not always a virtue." ~Paulo Coelho

"It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it. What matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over." ~Paulo Coelho

"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." ~Paulo Coelho

"It is not a sin to be happy, it is not a virtue to be miserable." ~Paulo Coelho

"It is not a virtue to suffer. It is not a sin to be happy." ~Paulo Coelho

"It's not always enough to be forgiven by someone, in most cases we have to forgive ourselves first." ~Paulo Coelho

"It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and, when the wind turns against us, always to find an excuse for our own misdeeds, or to blame someone else for our mistakes." ~Paulo Coelho

"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting." ~Paulo Coelho

"It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary." ~Paulo Coelho

"It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you’re capable of far more than you have imagined. Visit your soul; don’t visit your past." ~Paulo Coelho

"Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. If we acccept that every day brings a magic moment where you can change everything, this moment will help us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments — but all of this is transitory it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken." ~Paulo Coelho

"Learn, but always learn with other people by your side. Don't be alone in the search, because, if you take a wrong step, you'll have no one there to help put you right." ~The Gypsy, Paulo Coelho's The Witch of Portobello

"Learn how to distinguish between a quick summer rain and a devastating hurricane." ~Paulo Coelho

"Let go of the idea that the path will lead you to your goal. The truth is that with each step we take, we arrive. Repeat that to yourself every morning: 'I've arrived.' That way you'll find it much easier to stay in touch with each second of your day." ~Paulo Coelho

"Let's keep our eyes wide open to the Universe, knowing that its light can lead us to do unintended things." ~Paulo Coelho

"Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant'" ~Paulo Coelho

"Life: each note leaves a memory, but only the melody tells the whole story." ~Paulo Coelho

"Life has a way to test a person's will." ~Paulo Coelhot

“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.” ~Paulo Coelho

"Life is never useless. Each soul that came down on earth is here for a reason." ~Paulo Coelho

"Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it." ~Paulo Coelho

"Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to." ~Paulo Coelho

"Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act." ~Paulo Coelho

"Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the SOUL of the world." ~Paulo Coelho

"Live now what others dream to live in the future." ~Paulo Coelho

"Loneliness, when accepted, is a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life. Don't panic." ~Paulo Coelho

“Love fills everything. It cannot be desired because it is an end in itself. It cannot betray because it has nothing to do with possession. It cannot be held prisoner because it is a river and will overflow its banks. Anyone who tries to imprison love will cut off the spring that feeds it, and the trapped water will grow stagnant.” ~Paulo Coelho, The Witch Of Portobello

"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused." ~Paulo Coelho

"Love is deaf. You can't just tell someone you love them. You have to show it." ~Paulo Coelho

"Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World." ~Paulo Coelho

"Love is what you smile when you're tired." ~Paulo Coelho

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy.”- Paulo Coelho

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots keeping itself alive.” ~Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

"Loving means being open to miracles, victories and defeats... to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk upon the face of the Earth." ~Paulo Coelho

"Make happy those who are close, and those who are far will come." ~Paulo Coelho

"Maybe that journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place." ~Paulo Coelho

“Never be ashamed,’ he said. ‘Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.’
‘How will I know which is which?’
‘By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.”
~Paulo Coelho, Brida

"Never give up. When your heart gets tired, walk with your legs - but move on." ~Paulo Coelho

"Never give up your dreams, follow the signs." ~Paulo Coelho

"Never hate jealous people. They are  jealous because they think you are better than them." ~Paulo Coelho 

"Never underestimate stupid people
in positions of power." ~Paulo Coelho 

"No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up and show up." ~Paulo Coelho

"No one can lie, no one can hide anything when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.” ~Paulo Coelho

"No one day is like another, each tomorrow has its special miracle, it's magic moment in which old universes are destroyed and new stars are created." ~Paulo Coelho

"No one should feel afraid of the unknown. Because everyone is capable of achieving everything he wants and needs." ~Paulo Coelho

"Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path."  ~Paulo Coelho, Zahir

“Not everyone will understand your journey. That's fine. You are here to live your life, not to make everyone understand” ~Paulo Coelho (HIPPIE, 2018)

"Nothing can substitute experience." ~Paulo Coelho

"Nothing in this world is more dangerous than happy ignorance disguised as 'peace and love'." ~Paulo Coelho

"On a day when you are out of love with life, your aim will be confused, difficult. You will find that you lack the strength to draw the string back fully, that you cannot get the bow to bend as it should. And when you see that your aim is poor that morning, you will try to find out what could have caused such imprecision; this will mean confronting the problem that is troubling you, but which, up until then, has remained hidden. The opposite can happen too: your aim is true, the string hums like a musical instrument, the birds are singing all around. Then you realise that you are giving of your best. Nevertheless, do not allow yourself to be carried away by how you shoot in the morning, whether well or badly. There are many more days ahead, and each arrow is a life in itself. Use your bad moments to discover what makes you tremble. Use your good moments to find your road to inner peace. But do not stop either out of fear or joy: the way of the bow has no end." ~Paulo Coehlo

"One day you will wake up and there won't be anymore time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.” ~Paulo Coelho

"Only someone capable of honouring each step he takes can comprehend his own worth." ~Paulo Coelho

"Our dreams are our own, and only we can know the effort required to keep them alive." ~Paulo Coelho

"Our great goal in life is to love. The rest is silence." ~Paulo Coelho

"Our life is a constant journey, from birth to death. The landscape changes, the people change, our needs change, but the train keeps moving. Life is the train, not the station." ~Paulo Coelho

"People are capable, at anytime in their lives, of doing what they dream of." ~Paulo Coelho

"People have been searching for and finding each other for thousand years." ~Paulo Coelho

"People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same." ~Paulo Coelho

"Pursue your dreams
    Follow your heart desires
    During your journey learn
       to listen to the heart
    And follow the language
       of omens, they will guide
       you during your travel
    Every journey you make, 
       you may encounter
       obstacles and hurdles
   For that, you will learn 
        a good lesson."
~Paulo Coelho
Lessons from the Alchemist

"Read. Forget everything you've been told about books and read." ~Paulo Coelho

"Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love." ~Paulo Coelho

"Silence is also an answer." ~Paulo Coelho

"Sorrows do not last forever when we are journeying towards the thing we have always wanted." ~Paulo Coelho

"Stay away from people who makes you feel like you are wasting their time." ~Paulo Coelho 

"Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention." ~Paulo Coelho

"Stress, anxiety and depression are caused when we are living to please others." ~Paulo Coelho

"Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best." ~Paulo Coelho


"Tears are words that need to be written." ~Paulo Coelho

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.” ~Paulo Coelho, "The Alchemist"

"Telling the truth and make someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile." ~Paulo Coelho

"The axe always forgets. The tree always remembers." ~Paulo Coelho

"The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating." ~Paulo Coelho

"The danger of adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort." ~Paulo Coelho

"The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit." ~Paulo Coelho

"The distance betwIeen two people is the lack of respect for each other." ~Paulo Coelho

"The energy of hatred won't get you anywhere; but the energy of forgiveness, which reveals itself through love, will transform your life in a positive way."~Paulo Coelho

"The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them." ~Paulo Coelho

"The fear of making a mistake is the door that locks us up in the castle of mediocrity: if we manage to overcome this fear, we are taking an important step towards our freedom." ~Paulo Coelho

"The fire used to melt an iron is the same fire used to shape a sword." ~Paulo Coelho

"The great conquest is the result of small, unnoticed victories." ~Paulo Coelho

"The great wisdom of life is that we can be masters of the things that try to enslave us." ~Paulo Coelho

"The greatest gift God gave us is the power to make decisions." ~Paulo Coelho

"The greatest sin is to miss the point of human existence." ~Paulo Coelho

"The important thing is to keep the fire in your heart and be strong to overcome hard moments." ~Paulo Coelho

"The magic moment is that in which a 'yes' or a 'no' may change the whole of our existence." ~Paulo Coelho

"The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk." ~Paulo Coelho

"The pain of yesterday is the strength of today." ~Paulo Coelho

"The reward for our work is not what we get, but what we become." ~Paulo Coelho 

"The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon." ~Paulo Coelho

"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." ~Paulo Coelho, The 25th Anniversary of The Alchemist

"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them." ~Paulo Coelho

"The soul loves all things beautiful and deep." ~Paulo Coelho

"The strongest love is love that can demonstrate its fragility." ~Paulo Coelho

"The two hardest tests in the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with we encounter." ~Paulo Coelho

"The warrior who trusts his path doesn't need to prove the other is wrong." ~Paulo Coelho

"The way you see yourself will often determine how people see you." ~Paulo Coelho

"The wisdom of old age: knowing how to exchange immediate victories for lasting conquests." ~Paulo Coelho

"The world is changed by examples, not by opinions. ~Paulo Coelho from Thyme and Again

"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there". ~Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain

"There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting." ~Paulo Coelho

"'There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.'" ~Paulo Coelho ‪

"This world is full of idiots strategically distributed so you can meet at least one per day." ~Paulo Coelho

"Those who never take risks can only see other people's failures." ~Paulo Coelho

"To enjoy the rainbow, first enjoy the rain!" ~Paulo Coelho

"To love abundantly is to live abundantly. To love forever is to live forever. Eternal life is coupled with Love." ~Paulo Coelho

"To understand love, first understand freedom." ~Paulo Coelho

"To write is to cry in silence." ~Paulo Coelho

"Today I am a woman torn between the terror that everything might change and the equal terror that everything might carry on exactly the same for the rest of my days." ~Paulo Coelho

"Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people." ~Paulo Coelho

“Tragedy always brings about radical change in our lives. When faced by any loss, there’s no point in trying to recover what has been; it’s best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.” ~Paulo Coelho in "The 5th Mountain"

"Travel is never a matter of money but of courage." ~Paulo Coelho, *Aleph*

"Travel is not a matter of money, but of courage." ~Paulo Coelho 

"Treat every challenge as a lesson, every mistake you make as a blessing and move on." ~Paulo Coelho 

"True Love does not consist of exposing your weaknesses to others, but instead of being unafraid to show when you need help." ~Paulo Coelho

"True love is not to expose your weakness to others, but not to be afraid to prove it when you need help." ~Paulo Coelho

“Two things prevent us from happiness: living in the past and observing others.” ~Paulo Coelho

"Walk away from people who put you down.
Walk away from fights that will never be resolved.
Walk away from trying to please people who will never see your worth.
The more you walk away from things that poison your soul, the healthier you will be."
~Paulo Coelho

"We are born with the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. All other fears are imposed by society." ~Paulo Coelho

"We are so attached to our way of life that we turn down opportunities simply because we don't know what to do." ~Paulo Coelho

"We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share.This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity." ~Paulo Coelho

“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.” ~Paulo Coelho

"We have to be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery." ~Paulo Coelho

"We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice." ~Paulo Coelho on A CHILD UNHEARD


"We keep our eyes wide open, knowing that the light could lead us to do undreamed-of things." ~Paulo Coelho

"We must listen to the child that we once were, and who still lives within us. This child understands about magic instants. We can muffle his sobbing, but we can't hush his voice." ~Paulo Coelho

"We need to love. Even when it leads us to the land where the lakes are made of tears, to that secret, mysterious place, the land of tears! Tears speak for themselves. And when we feel that we have cried all we needed to cry, they still continue to flow. And just when we believe that our life is destined to be a long walk through the Vale of Sorrows, the tears suddenly vanish. Because we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain." ~Paulo Coelho, Manuscript found in Accra

"What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows." ~Paulo Coelho

"What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace." ~Paulo Coelho

"What ever you decide to do, make sure it makes you happy." ~Paulo Coelho

"What makes people weak? Their validation and recognition." ~Paulo Coelho

"When each day is the same as the next, it’s because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day." ~Paulo Coelho

"When every day seems the same, it is because we have stopped noticing the good things that appear in our lives." ~Paulo Coelho

"When there is no turning back, then we should concern ourselves only with the best way of moving forward." ~Paolo Coelho, The Alchemist

"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back." ~Paulo Coelho

"When we love, we always strive to be better than we are. When we strive to be better than we are, everything around us becomes better too." ~Paulo Coelho

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too." ~Paulo Coelho

"When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way." ~Paulo Coelho

"When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it." ~Paulo Coelho

“Whenever I speak about the past now, I feel as if I were talking about something that has nothing to do with me. All that remains in the present are the voice, the presence, and the importance of fulfilling my mission. … I don't regret difficulties I experienced; I think they helped me to become the person I am today, I feel the way a warrior must feel after years of training; he doesn't remember the details of everything he learned, but he knows how to strike when the time is right.” ~Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

"Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed." ~Paulo Coelho

"Whoever wishes to go down a long path, must learn that the first lesson is to overcome early disappointments." ~Paulo Coelho

"Why are people so sad? That's simple. They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it is created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams." ~Paulo Coelho

"Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we're doing; but it becomes a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of our life." ~Paulo Coelho

"You are the light of the world. Shine, and darkness will disappear." ~Paulo Coelho

“You are your own best friend. Never ever, put yourself down.” ~Paulo Coelho

"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle." ~Paulo Coelho from Start from the Heart

"You cannot avoid pain, but you can chose to overcome it." ~Paulo Coelho

"You don't always have to pretend to be strong, there is no need to prove all the time that everything is going well, you shouldn't be concerned about what other people are thinking." ~Paulo Coelho

"You drown not by falling into a river... but by staying submerged in it." ~Paulo Coelho

"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen." ~Paulo Coelho

"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say." ~Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"Your decision to walk creates the path ahead." ~Paulo Coelho

"Your eyes show the strength of your soul" ~Paulo Coelho

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Celia Barbour - memory

“One bite of a dish can send you tumbling back into some half-forgotten memory. But a taste can also bump you gently into the future.” ~Celia Barbour

Ellen Gibson - harmony

"I’m not striving to perform perfectly; I’m just looking for harmony." ~Ellen Gibson

William Ralph Inge Quotes

"A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors." ~William Ralph Inge

"Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due." -William Ralph Inge

IRISH BLESSINGS



"Bless you and yours
As well as the cottage you live in.
May the roof overhead be well thatched
And those inside be well matched."
~Irish Blessing

"May brooks and trees and singing hills
Join in the chorus, too.
And every gentle wind that blows
Send happiness to you."
~Irish Blessing

“May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.”
~Irish Blessings


"May green be the grass you walk on, 
May blue be the skies above you, 
May pure be the joys that surround you, May true be the hearts that love you.” ~Irish Blessing

"May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you."
~Irish Blessing  

"May the light of God surround you,
The love of God enfold you,
The power of God protect you,
And the presence of God
Watch over you."

“May the saddest day of your future be no worse
than the happiest day of your past” ~Irish Blessings

"May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane,
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you."
~Irish Blessing  

“May the sun shine all day long,
everything go right and nothing wrong.
May those you love bring love back to you,
and may all the wishes you wish come…”
~Irish Blessings

"May the sun shine warm upon your face
and the rains fall soft upon your fields."
~Irish Toast

"May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond." ~Irish Blessings

"May you always be blessed with walls for the wind, a roof for the rain, a warm cup of tea by the fire, laughter to cheer you, those you love near you, and all that your heart might desire." ~Irish Blessings 😊

"May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you."
~Irish Blessings

"May you have:
Walls for the wind
and a roof for the rain,
and drinks bedside the fire.
Laughter to cheer you,
and those you love near you,
and all that your heart may desire.
~Celtic Blessing

"May you never forget what is worth remembering,
nor ever remember what is best forgotten." ~Irish Blessings

"May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness comes through your door." ~Irish Blessing


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OTHER BLESSINGS

May the sun bring you new energy by day,
May the moon softly restore you by night,
May the rain wash away your worries,
May the breeze blow new strength into your being,
May you walk gently through the world and
Know it's beauty all the days of your life.

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May you swing on a Star
And carry Moonbeams home
In a Jar!
~Maggi's Bliss

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Phyllis McGinley Quotes


"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with one man." ~Phyllis McGinley 

“Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.” ~Phyllis McGinley



James Earl Jones - heart

“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.” ~James Earl Jones

Thought for Today - Becoming Great

"The elevated aim of doing more and speaking less will make you great." ~Thought for Today-UK

Flora Whittemore - door

“The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.” ~Flora Whittemore

Simone de Beauvoir Quotes


"Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay." ~Simone de Beauvoir

"I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.” ~Simone de Beauvoir

"On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in strength, not to escape herself but to find herself, not to abase herself but to assert herself - on that day love will become for her, as for man, a source of life." ~Simone de Beauvoir

"One is not born, rather becomes, a woman." ~Simone de Beauvoir

"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the lift of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion." ~Simone de Beauvoir

"That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing." ~Simone de Beauvoir

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Julian Stearns Cutler - old fellow

“You're only a dog, old fellow; a dog, and you've had your day; But never a friend of all my friends has been truer than you alway” ~Julian Stearns Cutler

King Whitney Jr. - change

"Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better." ~King Whitney Jr.

Thought for Today - The Secret Ingredient

"When we're cooking, our minds are working. When we're stirring and rolling and baking, we're thinking. Thinking creates vibrations because that's what thoughts do. The vibes affect both the food and the people who eat the food. So, cook with care; pay attention to what you are thinking; and don't forget that in the best of recipes, love is the secret ingredient." ~Thought for Today-UK

1/25/12

Thought for Today - True Wealth

"Even more valuable than physical wealth is the wealth of spiritual love." !Thought for Today-UK

Beverly Sills - big grin

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"I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn't matter." ~Beverly Sills

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." ~Beverly Sills

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1/24/12

Thought for Today - Take A Moment

"Take a moment whenever you remember just to stop. Be still and silent. Sense the quietness of that moment and visualise yourself stepping into an ocean of calm. Submerge your whole being in the quiet waters. As the waves of that calm ebb and flow, begin to unburden yourself. Slip into that place of no thinking and become completely still. Now, in that stillness, become aware of your 'original' self. This is the real, true you. Let it appear quietly but brilliantly. After some moments, emerge from the still waters and try to retain an awareness of the true you as you go back to your everyday affairs." ~Thought for Today-UK

Michael Nolan - heart

“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.” ~Michael Nolan

Joseph F. Girzone - powerful force

"Emotional and psychological pain were to become, perhaps, the most powerful force in molding the course of my life. For some people, pain and hurt breed bitterness and cynicism. For others it causes them to look deeply into themselves and into life itself in an attempt to understand the meaning beneath seemingly capricious or arbitrary happenings." ~Joseph F. Girzone

Jean Giraudoux Quotes


"The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life." ~Jean Giraudoux

"The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made." ~Jean Giraudoux

"There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. " ~Jean Giraudoux from BrainyQuote

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Carlos A. Urbizo - stand and stoop

"Stoop and you'll be stepped on; stand tall and you'll be shot at." ~Carlos A. Urbizo

Dan Waldschmidt - worth being

“You CAN be all you imagine yourself to be. You WILL be everything you believe you are worth being.” ~Dan Waldschmidt

1/22/12

Thought for Today - Talk Lovingly To Yourself

"Learning to talk properly to the self is a spiritual endeavour. When you make a mistake, do you talk lovingly to yourself in your mind, or do you tell yourself off? One habit recognises your divinity; the other subtly shapes a nature of sorrow." ~Thought for Today-UK
 

Doris Day Quotes


"The more that people live with animals, the more they know how precious they are and what they do to enhance our lives." ~Doris Day

"The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it." ~Doris Day 



Steve Greene - heart

"The human heart is easily swayed at the hand of emotion. We dare not leave the outcome to chance. We must chose in advance or live with the agony...such needless tragedy!" ~Steve Greene, from the song "Guard Your Heart"

1/21/12

Irma Boza - decisions

"Never look back at where you've been and the mistakes you've made. Look in front of you where you're going to be and the good decisions you're about to make." ~Irma Boza, FB, 21 January 2012

Leah C. Dancel - self

"Anger reveals the wound of inner self; laughter heals the wounded interior of that self" ~Leah C. Dancel, FB, 20 January 2012

Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux - possession

"Who is content with nothing possesses all things." ~Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux

DAVID HUME Quotes


"Eloquence, when at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection; but addressing itself entirely to the fancy or the affections, captivates the willing hearers, and subdues their understanding." ~David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish philosopher. Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals, sect. 10 ("Of Miracles"), part 2, p. 118, ed. L. Selby-Bigge, M.A., 2nd edition, London, Oxford University Press (1902).

“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances” ~David Hume

"It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place;it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood." ~David Hume

"The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds." ~David Hume

"Whoever considers the length and feebleness of human infancy, with the concern which both sexes naturally have for their offspring, will easily perceive, that there must be an union of male and female for the education of the young, and that this union must be of considerable duration." ~David Hume



NICOLLO MACHIAVELLI Quotes



“A prince is also esteemed when he is a true friend and a true enemy.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

"A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example." ~Niccolo Machiavelli

"A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance." ~Niccolo Machiavelli 

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“Everyone sees what you seem to be, few know what you really are; and those few do not dare take a stand against the general opinion.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

“For, in truth, there is no sure way of holding other than by destroying.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

“He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

“I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." ~Niccolo Machiavelli

“It is best to be both feared and loved; however, if one cannot be both it is better to be feared than loved.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot have both.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli, 

"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." ~Niccolo Machiavelli

“Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

"Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs, that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions." ~Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)

"Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived." ~Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527)

“Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.” ~Niccolo Machiavelli

“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

“Never do an enemy a small injury.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

“Never was anything great achieved without danger.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli

"People should either be caressed or crushed. If you do them minor damage they will get their revenge; but if you cripple them there is nothing they can do. If you need to injure someone, do it in such a way that you do not have to fear their vengeance.” ~Niccolò Machiavelli

"Politics have no relation to morals." ~Niccolo Machiavelli

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

“The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves." ~Machiavelli, The Prince.

“The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.” ~Nicollo` Machiavelli

"The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present." ~Niccolo Machiavelli

"There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless." ~Niccolò Machiavelli

"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others." ~Niccolo Machiavelli

"There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect." ~Niccolo Machiavelli

“There is nothing more difficult to manage, or more doubtful of success, or more dangerous to handle than to take the lead in introducing a new order of things." ~Niccolò Machiavelli

“When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.” ~Niccolo Machiavelli on Honor

"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great." ~Machiavelli

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11 surprisingly apt lessons from Machiavelli's The Prince...

1. Be present
2. Be careful who you trust
3. Learn from the best
4. Be picky about who works for you
5. Read
6. Prepare for the worst
7. Don't be cruel
8. Don't steal
9. Appearances matter
10. Sometimes your enemies are your friends
11. Avoid flatterers

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Carol Shields - just be

"Go for long walks,
indulge in hot baths,
Question your assumptions,
be kind to yourself,
live for the moment,
loosen up, scream,
curse the world,
count your blessings,
Just let go,
Just be." ~Carol Shields

Cesare Pavese Quotes


"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears." ~Cesare Pavese

"Lessons are not given, they are taken." ~Cesare Pavese

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comforts of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things. -air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky. -all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” ~Cesare Pavese

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." ~Cesare Pavese

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Walter Anderson Quotes




"Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself." ~Walter Anderson

"It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest." ~Walter Anderson

"We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy." ~Walter Anderson



Andre Maurois Quotes


"Growing old is a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form." ~Andre Maurois

"If people could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain." ~Andre Maurois

"Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings." ~Andre Maurois

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Sudie Back - curious

"Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it." ~Sudie Back

Richard Burton - false friendship

“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports” ~Richard Burton

JANE AUSTEN Quotes


"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” ~Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.” ~Mr.  Bennett, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

"And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself because I could find no language to describe them in." ~Jane Austen 

“Do not consider me now as an elegant female, intending to play you, but as a rational creature, speaking the truth from her heart.” ~Elizabeth Bennett, JA's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

"Every man is surrounded by a neighbourhood of voluntary spies." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)

“Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.” ~Elizabeth Bennett in JA's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love." ~Jane Austen, from Northanger Abbey

“From the very beginning—from the first moment, I may almost say—of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish distain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of the disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world on whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry.” ~Elizabeth Bennett, JA's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

"Give a girl an education, and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without farther expense to any body." -Jane Austen, MANSFIELD PARK

"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)

“I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.” ~Elizabeth Bennett in JA's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

"I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)

“I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.” ~Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” ~Elizabeth Bennett, JA's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

 "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library." ~Jane Austen

"I was quiet but I was not blind." ~Jane Austen

"If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk. When I yielded, I thought it was to duty; but no duty could be called in aid here. In marrying a man indifferent to me, all risk would have been incurred, and all duty violated." ~Anne Elliott from PERSUASION by Jane Austen

"In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes." ~Jane Austen

“Is not general incivility the very essence of love?" ~Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of any fortune whatsoever must be in want of an unending list of places she should go to meet a man." ~Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice

"My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire." ~Jane Austen

"No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)

"Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be." ~Jane Austen, EMMA

"Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves." ~Jane Austen from "Mansfield Park"

“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” ~Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

"Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk." ~Jane Austen

“Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.” ~Jane Austen, Emma

“The distance is nothing when one has motive.” ~Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

"The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)

"There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time." ~Jane Austen

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.” ~Elizabeth Bennett in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

"There are people who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves." ~Jane Austen from "Emma" (1815)

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." ~Jane Austen

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves." ~Jane Austen (1775-1817)

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” ~Jane Austen, NORTHANGER ABBEY

"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort." ~Jane Austen, from EMMA (1775-1817)

"There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." ~Jane Austen, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Elizabeth Bennett)

“There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.” ~Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.” ~Elizabeth Bennett in JA's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love...." ~Jane Austen

"‘To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.’” ~Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

"Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief." ~Mr. Knightley to Mrs. Weston from EMMA by Jane Austen

“What are men to rocks and mountains?” ~Elizabeth Bennett in JA's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

"You must be the best judge of your own happiness." ~Jane Austen

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OTHERS

"Always--no modern author even comes close! Although her world was limited, she had an excellent grasp of human nature and matters of the heart as she was such an observer of those around her and the situations they created. She understood the value of true love, not just attraction, and had a keen insight and talent for depicting where both can lead. As a romantic, I also prefer a film adaptation of any of her books over anything else. No amount of special effects or gratuitous sex can replace a good story and pure romance. I would rather rewatch her movies than see the things that are considered sensational by today's twisted standards. Thank you Jane for your priceless gift you shared with the ages!" ~Donna Drudingn on Jane Austen

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KARL MARX Quotes


"All that is solid melts into air." ~Karl Marx

"Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion and all morality." ~Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto

"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." ~Karl Marx

"Last words are for fools who haven't said enough." ~Karl Marx

"Religion is the opium of the masses." ~Marx

"Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through." ~Karl Marx

"Time was invented by clock companies to sell more clocks." ~" Karl Marx 

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Paul Valery Quotes

"A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others." ~Paul Valery

"Nothing beautiful can be summarized." ~Paul Valery

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up." ~Paul Valery

Thought for Today - Determination

"Determination is an unbroken line, a backbone. Without determination life becomes scattered. Determination makes you sit up straight and love everything." ~Thought for Today-UK

Stand to Reason: Tips to Help You Think Clearly

Stand to Reason: Tips to Help You Think Clearly

1/20/12

Quotes on FRIENDSHIP

"God bless my friend who sees my needs and reaches out a hand.
Who lifts me up, prays for me, and helps me understand."
~Anon
"A friend gives hope when life is low,
A friend is a place when you have nowhere to go,
A friend is honest, a friend is true.
A friend is precious, a friend is you."
~Anon

‎"A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults." ~Charles Kingsley

"A constant friend is a thing rare and hard to find." ~Plutarch

"A cup of tea and a long talk with a good friend: What could be better?" ~Anon

"A day with an old friend is like a familiar country road ... it brings you home back to your start." ~Anon

"A faithful friend is the medicine of life." ~Apocrypha (Book of Ecclesiastes)

"A friend at hand is better than a relative at a distance." ~Proverb

“A friend … awakens your life in order to free the wild possibilities within you.” ~John O'Donohue

"A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat. A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest." ~Emma Bombeck, b. 1927

"A friend in need is a friend indeed." ~English Proverb

"A friend is a gift you give yourself." ~Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

"A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back." ~Anon

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud." Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A friend is a person with whom you dare to be yourself." ~Pam Brown, b. 1928

"A friend is a present which you give yourself." ~Robert Louis Stevenson

"A friend is, as it were, a second self." ~Cicero

"A friend is known in time of need." ~French Proverb

“A friend is like a bowl of Jelly Beans... Good to the bottom of the bowl.” ~Anon

"A friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be." ~Douglas Pagels

"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same." ~Elbert Hubbard

"A friend is one who sees through you and still enjoys the view." ~Wilma Askinas

"A friend is someone who allows us the space and freedom to be." ~Debbie Alicen

"A friend is someone who arrives when you have flu with a bag of oranges, the thriller you wanted to read and a bunch of flowers. They put the flowers in a vase, make you a hot drink, do the washing up - and go." ~Pam Brown, b. 1928

"A friend is someone who dances with you in the sunlight and walks with you in the shadows." ~Anon

"A friend is someone who dislikes the same people you dislike." ~Anon

"A friend is someone who does things that count, but doesn’t stop to count them." ~Anon

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else." ~Len Wein (1948-)

"A friend is someone who knows all about you, and still loves you." ~E. Hubbard

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." ~Bernard Meltzer

"A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out." ~Grace Pulpit

"A friend knows how to allow for mere quantity in your talk, and only replies to the quality..." ~William Dean Howells (1827 - 1920)

"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me it when my memory fails." ~Donna Roberts

"A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity." ~Proverbs 17:17

"A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face." ~Maya Angelou

"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." ~Anais Nin

"A friend should bear his friend's infirmities." ~William Shakespeare

"A friend that is always put last doesn't remain a friend for long." ~Frances Taylor

"A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile." ~Anon

"A friendship is like a cup of tea. It must be clear and transparent, and I've must be able to see to the bottom." ~Chinese Proverb

"A friendship that like love is warm; a love like friendship, steady." ~Thomas Moore

"A friendship which makes the least noise is very often the most useful; for which I should prefer a prudent friend to a zealous one!" ~Joseph Addison

"A good friend knows the key to your heart." ~Curated Grapes

"A great friendship steadies you -calmly, like the waves of a pond gently lapping the shore." ~Anon

“A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever” ~Dave Matthews Band

"A heart-to-heart talk that lasted three hours felt like three minutes ... now that's a friendship." ~Anon

"A hedge between keeps friendship green." ~English Proverb

"A judicious choice of friends is essential to happiness. The daily round of work is much more pleasant if cheered by friends who are often able to give, or pleased to receive, help in the little difficulties that occur in everyday life." ~Isabella Beeton

"A life without a friend is a life without a sun." ~German Proverb

"A loyal and true friend is a precious, priceless gift." ~Anon


"A man must get friends as he would get food and drink for nourishment and sustenance." ~Randolph Silliman Bourne

"A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends." ~Chinese Proverb

"A man who turns his back on his friends soon finds himself facing a very small audience." ~Dick Powell 1904-1963

"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses." ~Anon

"A principal fruit of friendship is the ease and discharge of the fullness and swellings of the heart." ~Francis Bacon

"A real friend is one who helps us to think our best thoughts, do our noblest deeds, and be our finest selves." ~Anon

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." ~Walter Winchell (1879-1972)

"A strong friendship doesn't need daily conversation or togetherness. As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends will never part." ~Anon

"A true friend advises justly, assists readily, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably."~ Charles Lamb, Essayist, Poet

"A true friend is one to whom you can tip out all the contents of your heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away," ~Arabs

"A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else." ~Len Wein

"A true friend is the gift of God, and He only who made hearts can unite them." ~Robert South

"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings." ~Duc de la Rochefoucauld

"A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities." ~William Arthur Ward

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down." ~Arnold H. Glasow

"A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart." ~Heather Pryor from Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses

"A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably." ~William Penn

"A true friendship doesn't need daily conversation. It does not assume the worst, even when communication is lacking. Strong friendships survive the storms of this life because they believe the best about each other. As long as the friendship lives in the heart, true friends will never part." ~from Lessons Learned in Life

"A well-known friend is a treasure." ~Chinese Proverb

"Above our life we love a steadfast friend." ~Christopher Marlowe

"Adult friendships are hard. Everyone is busy and life happens. I've learned you gotta text people when you're thinking of them. A simple 'thinking of you, hope all is well' really goes a long way." ~Rob Lowe

"Adversity does teach who your real friends are." ~Lois Mcmaster Bujold (1949-)

"Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends with them?" ~Abraham Lincoln

"Among life's precious jewels, genuine and rare, the one that we call friendship has worth beyond compare." ~Anon

"An act of friendship is like a quilt square - each is part of a beautiful whole as well as a work of art on its own." ~Anon

"An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship." ~Oscar Wilde

"And the song, from the beginning to end, I found in the heart of a friend." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Animals are such agreeable friends-they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." ~George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans, 1819-1880)

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

"Anyone can show up when you're happy. But the ones who stay by your side when your heart falls apart, they are your true friends." ~Bright Vibes

"As a friend one is a person for other people to rely on. A friend remains a friend, even in disaster, even in guilt." ~Jurgen Moltmann

"As long as we have friendship,
today is beautiful. As long as we have memories,
yesterday remains. As long as we have hope,
tomorrow awaits." ~Anon

"As long as you have one good friend, real friend, you can get through anything." ~Dana Reinhardt

"As we grow older we don't lose friends, we just learn who the real ones are." ~Anon

"As we grow through life, we start to understand that it's not important to have a lot of friends. What truly matters is that we have real friends." ~Anon

"As we grow up, we realize it is less important to have lots of friends, and more important to have real ones." ~Anon

"Be a friend to thyself and others will too." ~Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661

"Be a friend to yourself, and others will." ~Scottish Proverb

"Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity." ~Chilo

"Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing." ~Benjamin Franklin

"Because of a friend the whole world seems warmer and brighter." ~Julian S. Cutleri

"Being honest may not get you many friends,
But it will always get you the right ones."
~John Lennon

"Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!" ~George Eliot

"Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends for it is one of God's best gifts." ~Thomas Hughes (The Friendship Book 2014)

"Blessed is he who hungers for friends, for though he may not realize it, his soul is crying out for God." ~Habib Sahabib

"But every road is rough to me that has no friend to cheer it." ~Elizabeth Shane

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

"But here's the joy: my friend and I are one." ~William Shakespeare

"But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, all loses are restored and sorrows end." ~William Shakespeare

"Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship." ~William Glasser

"Come walk with me through life, my friend, arm in arm we'll stroll with love and hope to light our path, and faith to guide our souls." ~Anon

"Choose your friends with caution. Plan your future with purpose. And frame your life with faith." ~Thomas S. Monson

"Conversation flowing from the heart is a sign of true friendship." ~Rumi

"Cultivating friendships provides nourishment for the heart." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance." ~Rabindranath Tagore *1861-1941)

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." ~Anais Nin

"Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness…" ~Richard Bach

"Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery, in which to bury the faults of his friends." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Faithful friends are gifts from heaven: Whoever finds one has found a treasure." ~Anon

"Fame is scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Few delights can equal the mere presence of someone we utterly trust." ~~George MacDonald (1824-1905)

"For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price." ~Sophocles

"Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him. A new friend is as a new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure." ~Apocrypha of the Old Testament (Sirach 9:10); Ecclesiastes

"Friends and family can set us right and help guide us back to the light." ~Sera Christiann

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." ~Beth Bracaglia's Simply Inspired

"Friends are born, not made." ~Henry Adams

"Friends are diamonds who reflect the light of our spirit." ~Mary Davis

"Friends are flowers that never fade." ~Anon

"Friends are God's way of taking care of us." ~Anon

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet, when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." ~Anon

"Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight." ~English Proverb

"Friends are like stars; you can always see them, but you know they're always there." ~Anon

"Friends are like street lights along the road. They don't make the distance any shorter but they light up the path and make the walk worthwhile." ~© Lynne and FB Ups, Downs and Roundabouts

"Friends are medicine to a wounded heart, and vitamins for a hopeful soul." ~Steve Maraboli

"Friends are the family we choose for ourselves." ~Edna Buchanan

"Friends are the most important ingredient in the recipe of life." ~Zig Ziglar

"Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer." ~Anon

"Friends, books, a cheerful heart, and conscience clear are the most choice companions we have here." ~William Mather

"Friends, companions, lovers, are those who treat us in terms of our unlimited worth to ourselves. They are closest to us who best understand what life means to us, who feel for us as we feel for ourselves, who are bound to us in triumph and disaster, who break the spell of our loneliness." ~Henry Alonzo Myers

"Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody." ~Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

"Friends pick us up when we fall down, and if they can't pick us up, they lie down and listen for a while." ~Anon

"Friends show their love - in times of trouble, not in happiness." ~Euripides

"Friends…They cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams." ~Henry David Thoreau

"Friendship always benefits." ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up." ~George Eliot (1819-1880)

"Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives." ~Alexandre Dumas, 1803-1870

"Friendship does not know the distances and it does not count encounters. A friend lives in the heart through the turning of roads and difficult situations, in thought with the passing and the power of giving." ~Johanna, Quotes for Love, Friendship and Wisdom

"Friendship enhances our lives and gladdens our hearts." ~Francis Gay, The Friendship Book 2014 - in grateful thanks to Maurice Ware

"Friendship grows deeper and stronger through the seasons of our lives." ~Julian S. Cutler

"Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey." ~Henri Nouwen from BrainyQuote

"Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief." ~Joseph Addison

"Friendship is a furrow in the sand." ~Tongan Proverb

"FRIENDSHIP is a mirror to presence and a testament to forgiveness. Friendship not only helps us to see ourselves through another’s eyes, but can be sustained over the years only with someone who has repeatedly forgiven us for our trespasses as we must find it in ourselves to forgive them in turn. A friend knows our difficulties and shadows and remains in sight, a companion to our vulnerabilities more than our triumphs, when we are under the strange illusion we do not need them. An undercurrent of real friendship is a blessing exactly because its elemental form is rediscovered again and again through understanding and mercy. All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die." ~David Whyte

"Friendship is a cozy shelter from life's rainy days." ~Anon

"Friendship is a flower that blooms through all life's seasons." ~Anon

"Friendship is a precious possession, treasured most dearly in times of need." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG Minister, Commentary: A Friend in Need

"Friendship is a promise made in the heart. Silence, unwritten, unbreakable by distance; unchangeable by time." ~Oorja Yoga

"Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time." ~Mary Shelley (from Shadowlands)

"Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time." ~Mary Wollstonecraft

"Friendship is a sheltering tree." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834

"Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another." ~Eustace Budgell

"Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and richer." ~Author Unknown

"Friendship is a union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue." ~William Penn

"Friendship is a word the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm." ~Augustine Birrell

"Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots." ~George Santayana

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." ~Kahlil Gibran

"Friendship is always in season ... and always ripe to share with others." ~Anon


"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” ~C.S. Lewis

"Friendship, is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual." ~Stieg Larsson

"Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer." ~Oscar Wilde

"Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever." ~Girlfriend Social, Twitter

"Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.' ~Samuel Butler

"FRIENDSHIP is like music...two strings similarly tuned. they will vibrate together though touch one. Can you play " my music" my friend?" ~Esther Bustamante

"Friendship is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay, the harder it's to leave, and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind." ~Feel Proud To Be who You Are

"Friendship is love with understanding." ~Ancient Proverb

"Friendship is love without his wings!" ~George Gordon, Lord Byron

"Friendship is not a fruit for enjoyment only, but also an opportunity for service." ~Greek Proverb

"Friendship is not a reward for our discrimination and good taste in finding one another. It is the instrument by which God reveals to each of us the beauty of all the others." ~C.S. Lewis

"Friendship isn’t just about common ground. Sometimes the most powerful, life-changing relationships of all can grow out of differences; from listening to those who can open our eyes to whole new worldviews and experiences." ~Starts at 60

"Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." ~Muhammad Ali

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies.' ~Mencius (372 BC-289 BC)

"Friendship is precious not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine." ~Thomas Jefferson

"Friendship is the art of holding up a mirror to each other’s souls." ~Aristotle 

"Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold." ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1998

"Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man." ~Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), English statesman, author

"Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world." ~John Evelyn

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul." ~Voltaire

"Friendship is the most worthy of human ties. A man loves his friend's soul, and to do that he must have a soul himself." ~George Louis Leclerc De Buffon

"Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace." ~Buddha

"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious." ~St. Aquinas

"Friendship's the wine of life." ~Edward Young


"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” ~C. S.  Lewis

"Friendship lifts the heart just as sunshine turns the flowers skyward." ~Anon

"Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it." ~Cicero

"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing." ~Elie Wiesel

"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil." ~Baltasar ‪Gracias‬

"Friendship needs no words." ~Dag Hammarskjold

"Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity." ~Charles Caleb Colton

"Friendship often blossoms at the kitchen table... while pots boil away on the stove." ~Anon

"Friendship warms the heart." ~Anon

"Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." ~Eleanor Roosevelt

"Friendships are fragile things, and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing." ~Randolph S. Bourne

"Friendships are like flowers - some last a few days, some last much longer, and the best ones will thrive if they're carefully cared for." ~Anon

"Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up." ~George Eliot (1819-1880)

"Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off." ~Frances de Sales

"Friendship means understanding, not agreement. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost." ~? (Philip Reyes)

"Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs." ~H.G. Bohn

"Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable." ~John D. MacDonald

"Friendship, love, health, energy, enthusiasm, and joy are the things that make life worth living and exploring." ~Denise Austin

"Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be." ~Gandhi

"Friendships with kind, true and tried are the sweet colourful icings in our life!" ~Tita Balanza

"Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world." ~Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

"God evidently does not intend us all to be rich, or powerful, or great, but He does intend us all to be friends." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends." ~Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940)

"Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave and impossible to forget." ~Anon

"Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope, and your courage." ~Anon

"Grab a friend by the hand, run out into the world and have an adventure." ~ The Healing Room

"Hard times will reveal true friends." ~Anthony Bucciardi

"Having best friends, distant or near, sharing ourselves with others, with a strength and yet a lightness of touch, can bring a sense of of real joy into our lives." ~Frances Grant

"He that is a friend to himself, know; he is a friend to all." ~Montaigne, 1533-1592

"He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love." ~St Basil of Caesaria

"Hold a true friend with both your hands." ~Nigerian Proverb

"I can spend hours watching and listening to Mother Nature. She is a dear friend." ~Anthony Douglas Williams

"I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine, encourage me to grow." ~Cher

"I didn't find my friends; the good God gave them to me." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson


"I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial." ~Thomas Jefferson

"I get by with a little help from my friends." ~John Lennon

"I have learned that friendship isn't about who you've known the longest, it's about who came and never left your side." ~Yolanda Hadid

"I have lots of friends and my true friends are family." ~Marie Muhammad

"I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship." ~Pietro Aretino

"I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles" ~Nelson Mandela, Source Anon, LivingTheLegacy‬

"I love everything that's old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines." ~Oliver Goldsmith

"I love my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case heart might stop, Mind can forget. I love them with my soul. Soul never stops or forgets!" ~Rumi

"I never set out to make a best friend; you can't manufacture that. But one day I looked at the people in my life - and she was already there: the truest friend one could ever hope to find." ~Frances Grant

"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends." ~Walt Whitman

"I rang up my friend to complain about my problems, and then she told me hers. it helped both of us." ~Colette Maynard

"I really think—at any age—it's learning to be comfortable in your own skin. If women would treat themselves with the same kind of love they give to their friends, that would be such a great gift we could give ourselves. What makes you the most attractive is self-confidence. That's what people see." ~Cindy Crawford on Body Image

“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.” ~Jon Katz

"I would be friends with you and have your love." ~William Shakespeare

"I would rather have a few close friends who raise me up, keep me grounded, and love me for who I am, than many who say they care, but don't." ~Anon

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair." ~Samuel Johnson

“If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.” ~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend." ~Henri Nouwen

"If I had to sum up friendship in one word, it would be comfort." ~Adabella Radici

"If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving THOUGHT into the heart of a FRIEND that would be giving as the angels give." ~George Mac Donald

"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than our own." ~Charlotte Bronte

"If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me." ~Anon

"If you have a friend worth loving, love him. Yes, and let him know that you love him, ere life's evening tinge his brow with sunset glow. Why should good words ne'er be said of a friend-till he is dead? ~Anonymous

"If you have one true friend you have more than your share." ~Thomas Fuller

"If you make friendship with yourself, you will never be alone." ~Maxwell Maltz (1927-2003)

"In friendship, your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"Instead of loving your enemies treat your friends a little better." ~E.W. Howe (1853-1937)

"It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends." ~William Makepeace Thackeray

"It's a good friend who calls - just to check in." ~Anon

"It is great to have friends when one is young, but indeed it is still more so when you are getting old. When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them." ~Edvard Grieg

"It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not." ~Mignon McLaughlin on Friendship

"It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting." ~John Henry Newman

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us." ~Epicurus (341-270 BC)

"It’s not the number of friends you have that’s important. It’s the integrity, honesty and sincerity that counts. " ~Sidney Ashburn

"... It is that my friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges, and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation." ~Helen Keller (1880-1968)

“Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]” ~Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero)

"Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man." ~Sam Walter Foss

"Life is nothing without friendship." ~Cicero

"Like everyone else I feel the need of relations and friendship, of affection, of friendly intercourse, and I am not made of stone or iron, so I cannot miss these things without feeling, as does any other intelligent man, a void and deep need. I tell you this to let you know how much good your visit has done me." ~Vincent Van Gogh

"Love and friendship are rich gold threads which run through the tapestry of life making it sparkle and glow with their warmth." ~Francis Gay, The Frienship Book 2000 (MPW)

“Love is blind, but friendship is clairvoyant.” ~Anon

"Love‬ is a friendship set to music." ~Joseph Campbell

"Love those who will love you when you have nothing to offer but your friendship." ~LLL

"Love without Friendship is like a shadow without a sun." ~Anon

"May the light of spiritual friendship shine between us." ~Lynda Field

"Men kick friendship around like a football but it doesn't seem to break. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces." ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"My books are friends that never fail me." ~Thomas Carlyle

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake." -Aristotle

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me." ~Henry Ford (1863-1947)

"My friends are my estate." ~Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

"My friend, when we are together you bring joy to my heart. Full of love and kindness, You've blessed me from the start." ~Anon

"My friend. You never expect too much of me. You are glad when I succeed, but failure makes no difference to you. You give me all the help you can - but, more important, you are simply there." ~Wendy Jean Smith

"My friends are my estate." ~Emily Dickinson from Everyman's Library

"My spiritual friend accepts me as I am, and empowers me to be more than I think I can be." ~K. Bradford Brown

"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth." ~Robert Southey

"No love, nor friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever." ~Francois Mocuriac

"No man is wise enough by himself." ~Titus Maccius Plautus (250-184 BC), Roman poet and comic playwright

“Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.” ~Henry David Thoreau in a letter to Mrs. Emerson

"Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship." ~Epicurus

"One day Love met Friendship. Love asked, Why do you exist when I already exist? Friendship replied, To put a smile where you've left tears." ~Girlfriend Social, Twitter

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives." ~Euripides

"One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention." ~Clifton Fadiman (1904-1999)

"One of the best tests of a friendship is for one friend to point out another's mistakes. It's better to get a little chiding from a friend than to bear the hostility of a stranger. By and large, it's a lot more useful than praise. Listen to your spouse, children, friends, and colleagues." ~Dr. James R. Sherman, PhD

"One that has a good friend does not need any mirror." ~Rumi

"Our minds can be our best friend when it is open and non-judgmental or it can get in our own way. An open mind creates a limitless reality." ~debs (Strand of Pearls)

"Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness." ~Lois L. Kaufman

"Politeness is an expensive way to make friends." ~Creating Connections

"Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them." ~Owen Felltham

"Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel that you've done a permanent job." ~H.M.E.

"Real friends overlook your broken fence and admire your flowers." ~Muses from Mystic

"Real friends won't ever let an argument get in the way of their friendship. They aren't afraid to apologize and always forgive." ~Anon

"Reprove a friend in secret, but praise him before others." ~Leonardo Da Vinci

"Seeing an old friend again is like the warmth of spring sunshine after a long winter." ~Anon

"Show me a friend who will weep with me; those who will laugh with me I can find myself." ~Yugoslavian Proverb

"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." ~Anonymous

"Similarities create friendships while differences hold them together." ~Anon

"So friend, when your nights are filled with loneliness and your days are dark with discouragement, when you can't seem to read or pray or to do anything else, just sit still and let God love you." ~Anon

"So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend." ~Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894

"Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees." ~Miranda July

"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." ~Gloria Naylor

"Sometimes there are stormy moments in your life when your friends do more than just walk with you; they become angels that carry you and protect you with their wings." ~Steve Maraboli

"'Stay' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary." ~Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)

"Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole." ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you’ve had." ~Anon

"The best of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that, too, unconditional assistance." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"The best mirror is an old friend." ~George Herbert

"The best way to keep your friend is not to give them away." ~Wilson Mizner
"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships." ~Abraham Lincoln

"The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship." ~William Blake

"The essence of a perfect friendship is that each friend reveals himself utterly to the other, flings aside his reserves, and shows himself for what he truly is." ~Robert Benson

"The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses." ~David Storey

"The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each other but never ask it" ~Sylvia Braemer

"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing...not healing, not curing,,,that is a friend who cares." ~Henri Nouwen (1932-1996)

"The friendship that can cease has never been real." ~Saint Jerome (420 BC - 347 BC)

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The good man is the friend of all living things." ~Mahatma Gandhi

“The heart is the garden that always has room for the flowers of kindness and friendship to bloom.” ~Anon

"The impulse of love that leads us to the doorway of a friend is the voice of God within, and we need not be afraid to follow it." ~Agnes Sandford

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings." ~Henry David Thoreau

"The light of friendship is like the light of phosphorus, even plainest when all around is dark." ~Grace Crowell (1877-1969)

"The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends." ~Samuel Johnson

"The loss of a beloved deserving friend is the hardest trial of philosophy." ~Mary Wortley Montague

"The love of friendship arises out of the love of life, and is indeed another form of it." ~J.C. Shairp

"The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life." ~Edward Everett Hale

"The mind…is rarely so disturbed, but that the company of a friend will restore it to some degree of tranquility and sedateness." ~Adam Smith 

"The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to." ~Carl Jung

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart." ~Elizabeth Foley

"The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?" ~Henry David Thoreau

"The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner." ~Anon Proverbs

"The only thing to do is to hug one's friends tight and do one's job." ~Edith Wharton

"The only trick of friendship is to find people who are better than you are, not smarter, not cooler, but kinder, and more generous, and more forgiving - and then to appreciate them for what they can teach you, and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad - or good - it might be, and to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all. But the best, as well." ~Hanya Yanagihara

"The only way to have a friend is to be one." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The quality of friendships is more important than the quantity of friends." ~A.D. Williams

"The road to a friend's house is never long." ~Danish Proverb

"The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that, too, unconditional assistance." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"The thought came loud and clear this morning: the travelling is the striving, the way is the achievement. I miss out so much if all I wish for my friendships is jam tomorrow." ~Douglas Gifford

"The thread of our life would be dark, Heaven knows! If it were not with friendship and love intertwined." ~Thomas Moore

"The truest friends are the people who don't walk out the door when life gets real hard. They actually pour some coffee and pull up a chair." ~Sandi Krakowski

"The wonderful thing about friends is that they can grow separated and yet not grow apart." ~Anon

"The world is round so that friendship may encircle it." ~Pierre Teilhard Chardin

"The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship." ~Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

"There are friendships imprinted in our hearts that will never be diminished by time and distance." ~Dodinsky

"There is a magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart." ~Benjamin Disraeli

"There is no distance too far between friends. For friendship gives wings to the heart."~Anon

"There is no friend as loyal as a book." ~Ernest Hemingway

"There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend." ~Socrates

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.” ~P.G. Wodehouse

“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” ~Jim Henson

"There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend." ~Katharine Butler Hathaway

"There's nothing I want but your presence. In friendship, time dissolves." ~Rumi

"There's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends." ~Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953)

"There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time." ~Rebecca West

"They are not your friends until they have defended you in your absence." ~Lessons Learned in Life

"They are rich who have true friends." ~Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661

"Those that will always help a friend, will always have a friend." ~A.D. Williams

"Thous wert my guide, philosopher and friend." ~Alexander Pope

"Time draweth wrinkles in a fair face, but addeth fresh colors to a fast friend, which neither heat, nor cold, nor misery, nor place, nor destiny, can alter or diminish." ~John Lyly

"To God, thy country, and thy friend be true." ~Henry Vaughan

"To have a good friend is one of the highest delights of life; to be a good friend is one of the noblest and most difficult undertakings." ~Anon

"To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship." ~Anon on Proverbs

"To hear complaints with patience even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship." ~Samuel Johnson

"Treat your friends as you do your pictures, place them in the best light." ~Jennie Jerome Churchill (1854-1921, wife of Sir Winston Churchill)

"Treat your friends like family and your family like friends." Anon

"True friends are like angels. They are precious and rare, and false friends are like leaves, found everywhere." ~Anon

"True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like leaves, found everywhere." ~Anon

"True friends are not the ones who make your problems disappear. They are the ones who won't disappear when you're facing problems." ~Anon

"True friends are the people who brighten your smile, everytime you're with them." ~Julia VeRost

"True friends are those that are honest with you at all times. They tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. They don't interfere with one's life or add more fuel to the fire when troubled times come. They never encourage hatred of any person. They help their friends to see the good in others not the bad." ~Shenni Waldron

"True friends give the most when they receive the least." ~Orrin Woodward

"True friends say good things behind your back and bad things to your face." ~Karen Salmansohn

"True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation." ~Theophrastus

"True friendship binds people together in good times and bad." ~Jonathan McNair, LCG Minister, Commentary: A Friend in Need

"True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable." ~David Tyson Gentry

 "True friendship indeed, is not just about distance, time, and life's status but it's that kindred spirit that binds and connects altogether for posterity through the passage of time." ~Gus Perez Amio

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." ~George Washington

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost." ~Charles Caleb Colton

"True friendship is like the asphalt of life. It fills in the potholes and makes the journey smooth." ~Richard G. Scott

"TRUE FRIENDSHIP isn’t about being inseparable. It’s being separated and nothing changes." ~Anon

"True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes." ~Anon

"True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks." ~St. Jerome

"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings." ~Jean de la Bruyere

"Two things that should be enjoyed more often are the beauty of the sunset and a company of a friend." ~Doe Zantamata

"Valuable friends will bring more richness to your life than valuable things." ~A.D. Williams

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light." ~Helen Keller

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is one which makes the heart run over." ~James Boswell (1740-1795)

"We have been friends together in sunshine and shade." ~Caroline Sheridan Norton

"We have three types of friends in life: friends for a reason, friends for a season and friends for a lifetime." ~Anon

"We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young." ~Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1939-)

"What a great blessing is a friend with breast so trusty that you may bury all your secrets in it." ~Anon

"What brings joy to the heart is not so much the friend's gift, but the friend's love." ~Aelred of Rievaulx,12th century Monk. (From The Friendship Book: A Thought For Each Day 2014 sent by MPW of Hants).

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." ~Aristotle, 384-322 BC

"What is a friend? I will tell you, it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself." ~Frank Crane

"When a friend asks there is no tomorrow."~George Herbert (1593-1633)

"When a friend asks there is no tomorrow." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it." ~Edgar Watson Howe

"When befriended, remember it. When you befriend, - forget it." ~Benjamin Franklin

"When friends meet, hearts warm." ~John Ray

"When friendship is funny, and bright, we click. And then we need the soft, quiet times together, to make it real." ~Frances Grant

"When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. Friends are the thermometers by which one may judge the temperature of our fortunes." ~Countess of Blessington

"When your friendship circle decreases in number it's actually increasing in value." ~Karen Salmansohn

"Where there are friends, there is wealth." ~Titus Maccius Plautus

"While the pot boils, friendship blooms." ~A.B. Cheales

"Win new friends but keep the old. The first are silver, the latter gold." ~Anon

"Winter, spring, summer or fall, the gift of friendship is always welcome in our hearts." ~Julian S. Cutler

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit." ~Aristotle

"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." ~Laurence J. Peter, (1918-)

"You can have a lot of friends and still feel alone. That's why it's always important to take care of you." ~Deep Life Quotes

"You can make a new friend but you can't make an old one." ~Tom Bodett

"You make friends with people because you’re looking for lifelong relationships, not friendships of convenience or simplicity." ~Soul Spot

"You will find that if you share your friend's burden, both of you will walk a little straighter." ~Anon

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you." ~Elbert Hubbarb, 1856-1915

"Your friend is your needs answered. He is your friend which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger,and you seek him for peace." ~Kahlil Gibran

"Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends." ~Hafiz

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OTHERS:

"Don't sacrifice your life to work and ideals. The most important things in life are human relations. I found that out too late." ~Katharine Susannah Prichard, 1883-1969

‪"If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend." ~Joseph Addison‬

"Laughter is chorus of conversation." ~Sir Richard Steele

"Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast." ~William Shakespeare

"Some people mistakenly conclude that cultivating compassion is all about others’ benefit, whereas the first benefit is to us. Compassion brings us peace of mind. It attracts friends. Friends are based on trust and trust develops when we show concern for others." ~Dalai Lama

“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.” ~Joseph Addison

"Two are better than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other one can lift him up." ~Book of Ecclesiastes

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VERSES:

Flowers are lovely;
love is flower-like;
friendship is a sheltering tree;
oh the joys that came down
shower-like of friendship,
love, and liberty.
~Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834),
English Poet, Philosopher

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"Friendship!
Mysterious cement of the soul!
Sweetener of life and solder of society!"
~Robert Blair

"Friendship with trees: true and pure,
One beautiful day from spring to summer.
Let yourself be free and spread your wings,
Keep calm and she will take you to heaven."
~Rado Gatchalian, short poem

"How sweet are the words spoken between friends
Just like a balm that heals or a needle that mends."
~Patricia Grantham

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"Slender at first, they quickly gather force,
Growing in richness as they run their course;
Once started, they do not turn back again:
Rivers, and years, and friendships with good men."
~Sanskrit poem

"The thread of our life would be dark,
Heaven knows!
If it were not with friendship and love
intertwined."
~Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

True Friends..
Good friends care for each other,
Close friends understand each other,
but True friends stay forever,
beyond Words,
beyond Distance,
beyond Time.
~Anon


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