“So long as you are secure you will count many friends; if your life becomes clouded you will be alone.”

“If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.”

Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) Roman Catholic saint

“As you think, so you become. As you think, so you develop. As is your ideal, so gradually your life will become. This is so, because there is a great transforming power in thought.”

Swami Sivananda (1887–1963) Indian philosopher

“Many of the things you can count, don't count. Many of the things you can't count, really count.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

“I am starting to believe you are not intending to count me amongst your friends.”

Pedro Muñoz Seca (1879–1936) Spanish writer

“You're my friend, Danny. You understand? There's no debt between friends."
Maybe it's just that the debt gets so high you stop counting it.”

Lilith Saintcrow (1976) American writer

“If your judgement is clouded, you must be carrying too many things which are being a burden to you.”

Yoko Ono (1933) Japanese artist, author, and peace activist

“One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.”

Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society