“Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.”

“To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.”

“If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.”

“There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.”

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”

“To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.”

“Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!”

“I love him wholly and unconditionally and without reservation. I love him enough to sacrifice a friendship. I love him enough to accept my own happiness and use it, in turn, to make him happy back.”

“In love, in friendship, in work and in life: put your heart into it.”

“In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”