Living Jain: Daily » Friendship

Freedom Malhotra on Friendship

Suraj — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:00:18 +0000

“Bruce Lee once asserted that the desire to get rid of the disease is one of the greatest diseases of the mind. A true friend will listen without judgment. Such a friend will hear you out completely without any desire or attempt to change you.”
- Freedom Malhotra

Eustace Budgell on Friendship

Suraj — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:00:18 +0000

“Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another.”

- Eustace Budgell

Emily Dickinson on Friendship

Suraj — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:00:16 +0000

“I felt it shelter to speak to you.”

- Emily Dickinson

William Arthur Ward on Friendship

Suraj — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:00:17 +0000

“A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.”

- William Arthur Ward

Aristotle on Friendship

Suraj — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:00:40 +0000

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.”

- Aristotle

Buddha on Friendship

Suraj — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:51 +0000

“A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.”

- Buddha

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Friendship

Suraj — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:00:01 +0000

“The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Samuel Taylor Coleridge on Friendship

Suraj — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:12 +0000

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.”

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge