Quotes About Understanding

Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist

Friendship with oneself is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anybody else in the world

Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.

It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You, too? Thought I was the only one

To find a friend one must close one eye; To keep him, two

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Never ignore your friends just because you are in relationship.

Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

We are best friends because our parents couldnt handle us as sisters.

Here comes a point when we stop being friends and become sisters.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thought unexpressed- that can make this life a garden.

Everyone has that friend who doesn't get the hint when it's time to go home.

A best friend is hard to find, a treasure to keep and a person to trust. They forgive you without knowing and teach you how to be a better friend.

A good friend knows all your best stories. A best friend has lived them with you. See the difference?

What's worse than being rejected? Being friend-zoned.