Friendship

On the question of relating to our fellowman – our neighbor’s spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.

St. Edith Stein

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Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonous snake. If you keep good companions, I can assure you that you will one day rejoice with the blessed in Heaven; whereas if you keep with those who are bad, you will become bad yourself, and you will be in danger of losing your soul.

St. John Bosco

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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

St. Teresa of Avila

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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don’t accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

St. Augustine

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The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.

Pope John Paul II

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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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The friendship that can cease has never been real.

St. Jerome

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Eros will have naked bodies. Friendship naked personalities.

C.S. Lewis

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