#friendship

One of the greatest comforts of this life is friendship; and one of the comforts of friendship is that of having someone we can trust with a secret. But friendship does not pair us off into couples, as marriage does; each of us generally has more than one friend to his name, and so a chain is formed, of which no man can see the end. When we allow ourselves the comfort of depositing a secret in the bosom of a friend, we inspire him with the wish to enjoy the same comfort for himself. It is true that we always ask him not to tell anyone else; and this is a condition which, if taken literally, would break the series of comforting confidences at once. But the general practice is to regard the obligation as one which prevents a man from passing the secret on, except to an equally trusted friend and on the same condition of silence. From trusted friend to trusted friend, the secret travels and travels along an unending chain, until it reaches the ears of the very man or men from whom the first speaker meant to keep it for ever. It would generally require a long time to get there, if each of us only had two friends—one to confide the secret to us, and another to whom we can pass it on. But there are some privileged men who have hundreds of friends, and once a secret reaches one of them, its subsequent journeys are so rapid and multitudinous that no one can keep track of them. ↗

— Alessandro Manzoni

#equality

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#divides #evil #good #life #multiplies

People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but it's the way you live your life that matters. And the people you know. Valentine was Hodge's friend, and I don't think Hodge really had anyone else in his life to challenge him or make him be a better person. If I'd had that life, I don't know how I would have turned out. But I didn't. I have my family. And I have you. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#family #friendship #inspirational #simon-lewis #family

I tend to make my joy a private experience and hoard all the fruit for myself, forgetting that the tree doesn’t eat its own fruit but presents it to others. ↗

— Hayley DiMarco

#fruit #fruit-of-the-spirit #joy #life #love

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#breach #break #break up #dine #engagements

It's better to have a few faithful friends than numerous shallow friendships. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#inspirational #life #love #relationships #faith

Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes. ↗

— Clare Ansberry

#friendship #gardens #togetherness #faith

The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized; its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#been #call #commission #cooperate #criticized

I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#i #i love #jokes #laughter #life

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and friendship between man and woman is impossible because there must be sexual intercourse. ↗

— James Joyce

#between #friendship #impossible #intercourse #love