The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him read more

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, read more

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away. -George Eliot.

A friend is a second self.

A friend is a second self.

Huns, wops, gooks, Japs..
words to dehumanize
and demonize.

Huns, wops, gooks, Japs..
words to dehumanize
and demonize.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship;
and pass the rosy wine.

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot read more

Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.

Agreement in likes and dislikes--this, and this only, is what
constitutes true friendship.

Only a life lived for others is worth living

Only a life lived for others is worth living