| A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard Elbert Green Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller was a German-American oil magnate and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of modern philanthropy. The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. Shirley MacLaine Shirley MacLaine (is an American film and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career. In 1983, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Terms of Endearment. She was nominated for an Academy Award 5 times before her win. Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go. Margaret Walker Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander was an African-American poet and writer. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she wrote as Margaret Walker. One of her best-known poems is For My People. It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. Marlene Dietrich Marlene Dietrich was a German actress and singer. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey is an American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was for a time the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. True friends stab you in the front. Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. Laurence J. Peter Dr. Laurence Johnston Peter was an educator and "hierarchiologist", best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle. And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Khalil Gibran Khalil Gibranalso known as Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer He is chiefly known in the English speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. Max Beerbohm Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist. Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on. Terry Brooks Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy,[2] and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print. He is one of the biggest-selling living fantasy writers.[4] Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it. Mason Cooley Mason Cooley was an American aphorist If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. Maya Angelou Maya Angelou born Marguerite Ann Johnson is an American author and poet. We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Iris Murdoch Dame Iris Murdoch was an Irish-born British author and philosopher.
Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy. Giacomo Casanova Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. He was so famous as a womanizer that his name remains synonymous with the art of seduction. Only a life lived for others is worth living. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal. Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor was a British-American actress. A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. Bernard Meltzer Bernard C. Meltzer was a United States radio host.
Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose. Tennessee Williams was an American playwright. ...
Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. Albert Camus, French Novelist, Essayist and Playwright, 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature | 
