Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‚If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?‘ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‚If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?‘

It’s every girl’s dream to be a cover girl!

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

The Hindus are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

If everyone does some good, think of what a good world this will be.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.

I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things. It actually was great for a year or so, but then I lost all of my friends.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise.

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

Men are only as great as they are kind.

Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.

I’m cool with Jay-Z. Jay-Z is genuinely my friend.

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never.

It’s very inexpensive to give a compliment.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.

I married my best friend that happens to be a girl.

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

I always ask God to work through me and let me be a light of some kind and help in this world, so I always pray for that, and I always want to do good.

I’ll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it’s disappointing.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.

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

I remember when I was in high school I didn’t have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.

One day, I want to make a PG film.

One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable.

I didn’t tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I told people, it wouldn’t happen. So I kept it all in my head for years and years.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

Prime Minister Netanyahu has, as Minister Livni knows, has been my friend for over 30 years. We drive each other crazy. But he has truly been a personal friend for well over 30 years. He acknowledged this.

He that does good to another does good also to himself.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Some people are jerks, and some people aren’t.

I make friends faster and easier than journalists.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

There are certain characteristics that define a good chimp mother. She is patient, she is protective but she is not over-protective – that is really important. She is tolerant, but she can impose discipline. She is affectionate. She plays. And the most important of all: she is supportive.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.