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"Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake."
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"Friends are the real superheroes. They battle our worst enemies-loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, fear, and doubt-every time they come around."

"A friend is a person who always understands your preoccupations, even when other people do not perceive them at all."

"Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship."

"When we see a lonely fisherman, we ask where the boat is; when we see a lonely boat, we ask where the fisherman is! We love to see the good friends always together!"

"Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree."

"Friendship is not about ships-no matter how big and fancy and expensive the yacht is."

"Life's gonna kick you in the butt. That's what it does. But if you gotta put up with this crap, the least you can expect is that your friends will stand by you. I mean, for crying in the night, what else are friends for but to help you make right what isn't in life?"

"All true friendliness begins with fire and food and drink and the recognition of rain or frost. ...Each human soul has in a sense to enact for itself the gigantic humility of the Incarnation. Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind."

"A friend's bitter words seem to us more poisonous than a serpent's tooth."

"How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends that we may go and meet their ideal cousins."
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"The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy."

"Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment."

"You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory."

"Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances."

"There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others."

"In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even be situated at great distances from one another, they are only extrusions of the same planet, Earth."

"Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake."
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