Friendship Quotes

"The friend is whom we cannot know completely."

"Friendship requires the acceptance of the other's irreducible otherness."

"Don't walk ahead of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."

"We must learn to think alongside others, not against them."

"Friendship is not a calculated exchange; it is a singular relation to the other."

"Friendship involves a fidelity to the singular otherness of the friend."

"A good life requires friendship and community."

"Affection and loyalty are virtues that bind communities together across time."

"Loyalty is a virtue that binds us to particular others and particular communities."

"Friendship is a form of relation that exceeds social utility."

"Friendship is one of the goods that makes human life worth living."

"Loyalty and constancy are virtues precisely because human relationships require them."

"Friendship requires the recognition of the other's freedom and a genuine sharing of projects."

"The deepest friendship arises between those who have chosen to support each other's freedom."

"Social cooperation is more than the activity of individuals pursuing their own interests."

"Friendship is a rare and precious gift."

"Friendship requires similarity of values and mutual respect."

"Friendship requires the courage to be known."

"Human life is possible only because there is some such network of friendships and connexions as society is."

"Human beings are born into this little span of life of which the best thing is its friendships and intimacies."

"Friendship is the highest form of love."

"True friendship is built on the ability to see and accept another person as they truly are."

"Friendship based on shared interest is pleasant; friendship based on shared values is transformative."

"It is in the commercial spirit that real friendship flourishes."

"The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is non-interference with their own particular ways of being happy."

"True friendship is based on mutual respect and shared values."

"Friendship is chosen family."

"Selflessness is the foundation of genuine community."

"Communities are held together by mutual understanding."

"Friendship is based on mutual understanding and respect."