Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people become friends and stay a while, leaving beautiful footprints on our hearts. And we are never quite the same because we have made a good friend."

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship  ---Ralph Waldo Emerson

The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance. Co-operation which needs consideration is a commercial contract and not friendship. Conditional co-operation is like adulterated cement which does not bind -Gandhi

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.... Gandhi

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding

Happiness is like a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself"

There is no oil without squeezing the olives, No wines without pressing the grapes, No fragrance without crushing the flowers, And no real joy without sorrow

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us