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When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.
Tennessee Williams1911–1983Camino Real (1953)
The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “The Enemy—the Extraordinary”, p. 147
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.
Sydney Smith1771–1845Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 6, “Of Friendship”, p. 178
- Happiness
- Love
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
W. H. Auden1907–1973The Dyer’s Hand, and Other Essays (1962), “Hic et Ille”
- Love
Even good deeds by the enemy are considered a sign of particular devilishness, meant to deceive us and the world, while our bad deeds are necessary and justified by our noble goals which they serve.
Erich Fromm1900–1980The Art of Loving (1956)
- Enemies
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Rectorial Address, St. Andrew’s (3 May 1922)
- Advice
- Enemies
Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you’re in bad shape.
Malcolm X1925–1965Speech in Detroit, Michigan (12 April 1964)
- Enemies
- Work
A man needs a friend not to flatter him, but to strengthen him at his weak points.
E. W. Howe1853–1937Country Town Sayings (1911), p. 81.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life’s gall.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox1850–1919Solitude (1883)In context
The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
Warren Buffettborn 1930“My Philanthropic Pledge” at The Giving Pledge (2010)
As a rule I never read bad reviews about myself because my best friends invariably tell me about them.
Oscar Levant1906–1972The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965)
- Comedy
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
Graham Greene1904–1991The Human Factor (1978), Pt. III, ch. 3 (1978)
- Enemies
- Intelligence
It is for him that is lonely or in prison to dream of fellowship, but for him that is of a fellowship to do and not to dream.
William Morris1834–1896A Dream of John Ball (1886), Ch. 4: The Voice of John Ball
“New friends, however, will not be the same.” No, nor will you yourself remain the same; you change with every day and every hour.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CIV: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind
- Change
Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.
William Golding1911–1993Lord of the Flies (1954), Ch. 12: The Cry of the Hunters
- Good & Evil