“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God’s finger on man’s shoulder.” ~ Charles Morgan

“Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.” ~ Booker T. Washington

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side. Our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.” ~ Ally Condie

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you can never see the shadow.” ~ Helen Keller

“You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~ Dr. Seuss

“Someday is not a day of the week.” ~ Denise Brennan-Nelson

“Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.” ~ George Orwell

“The real test of friendship is can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?” ~ Eugene Kennedy

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ~ Albert Einstein

“Come live in my heart and pay no rent.” ~ Samuel Lover

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ~ Buddha

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” ~ John Lennon

“The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering the attitudes of his mind.” ~ William James

“Before I met my husband, I’d never fallen in love. I’d stepped in it a few times.” ~ Rita Rudner

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.” ~ Jimmy Johnson

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ~ G.K. Chesterton

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” ~ Linda Grayson

“All our dreams can come true” ~ if we have the courage to pursue them.

“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.” ~ Unknown

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust

“A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal … A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Read More »

“Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” ~ Victor Hugo

“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

“Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; it is the faithless who know love’s tragedies.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“Love, love, love – all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures.” ~ Germaine Greer

“Falling in love is so hard on the knees.” ~ Aerosmith