Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things. 589
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth. 1.26K
People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other. 547
If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. 566
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. 525
If it’s very painful for you to criticize your friends – you’re safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that’s the time to hold your tongue. 542
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. 1.56K
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. 630
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. 1.17K
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. 590
A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. 738
