Every leaf that grows will tell you: what you sow will bear fruit, so if you have any sense my friend, don't plant anything but Love.

To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither while living nor when dead.

When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed... Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.

Don't expect your friend to be a perfect person. Help your friend to become a perfect person. That is true friendship.

Death is the law of life. Death is the friend of every living being. However, no one understands this. All are frightened. And yet, death is the eternal companion of us all.

One's capacity for friendship, which can be developed, is basic to one's capacity for happiness.

Contemplative prayer in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.

Practice Kriya carefully. There is no better friend than this. Kriya is the lotus feet of the Lord that will take you to the other shore. If you do not practice Kriya in this way, you will not get the real benefit of Kriya.

Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity, Forget not the benevolence of the blameless.

When you trust a friend who is actually your enemy, then he can create a greatest damage. Ignorance is our greatest enemy.

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net [the matrix]. It is not hard to do so, as the net is full of holes. Look at the net and its many contradictions. You do and undo at every step. You want peace, love and happiness, and work hard to create pain, hatred and war. You want longevity and you overeat. You want friendship and you exploit. See your net as made of such contradictions and remove them - your very seeing them will make them go away.

Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.

People say true friends must always hold hands, but true friends don't need to hold hands because they know the other hand will always be there.

The enemy hates the ego, which the seeker wants to kill; thus, like the anvil to the goldsmith, he is actually a friend.

Never worry. Be ever cheerful. Always laugh and smile. You can use the following powerful autosuggestion: "Mr. Worry, goodbye to you. I am a different person now. I am made of sterner stuff." Worry will now be afraid to show his face to you. You can then remove the worries of many of your friends.

Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. — Proverbs 17:17

Without confidence, there is no friendship.

All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.