The Freedom Of Giving

"Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others."

- Barbara Bush

Making Friends With Time

"How does one keep from "growing old inside"? Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people.... Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable."

- Robert McAfee Brown

Words And Silence

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

True Friendship

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."

- Henri Nouwen

Growing

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart."

- Elizabeth Foley