Friendship Quotes

The chosen family. Quotes about the people who show up, stick around, and make life better.

18559 quotes

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"Communal experience creates bonds stronger than blood because they are chosen again and again."
Victor Turner
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"Friendship is the refuge of kindred spirits."
Oswald Spengler
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"Friendship is freely chosen."
Oswald Spengler
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"Friendship is the commitment to understand another's pattern of being."
Gregory Bateson
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"Friendship among scholars requires the same reciprocity and obligation that binds together tribal societies."
Bronislaw Malinowski
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"Friendship is the bridge that connects two souls."
Arnold Toynbee
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"To have a friend is to understand the meaning of unconditional love."
Arnold Toynbee
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"Symbols and ceremonies bind communities together across generations."
A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
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"Friendship is the voluntary and creative relationship we choose to sustain."
Margaret Mead
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"The bonds of friendship are strengthened through shared struggle and understanding."
Bronislaw Malinowski
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"Friendship between equals is rare; most relationships are transactions of utility."
Oswald Spengler
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"Friendship is the rarest and most precious of human bonds."
Marc Bloch
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"Friendship requires equality and shared purpose."
Oswald Spengler
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"Friendship is the greatest treasure we can offer one another."
Jacques Le Goff
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"Friendship is the proof that we are not alone in our struggles."
Jacques Le Goff
"Friendship is the foundation of society."
Fernand Braudel
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"The bonds of friendship are forged in shared struggle and mutual understanding."
Oswald Spengler
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"Friendship is the voluntary association of equals in pursuit of mutual growth."
Arnold Toynbee
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"Friendship is love without the complications."
Margaret Mead
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"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
Michel Crouzet
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"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'"
Michel Crouzet
M
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
Michel Crouzet
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"True friendship transcends the boundaries of time, distance, and circumstance."
Arnold Toynbee
"Friendship is one of life's greatest treasures."
Eric Hobsbawm
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"Communities are built through shared struggle and mutual aid."
E.P. Thompson
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"Solidarity emerges when people understand their shared interests."
E.P. Thompson
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"Communities are built through shared struggle and mutual understanding."
E.P. Thompson
"Solidarity is not sentiment but organized action toward common goals."
Eric Hobsbawm
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"Friendship is love stripped of romance and adorned with truth."
Maurice Natanson
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"Solidarity is built through shared struggle and mutual recognition."
E.P. Thompson