Quotes for All
Befriending provides a valuable lifeline to many people who feel isolated in their communities often as a result of ill health or poverty. I would like to thank all those who volunteer as befrienders and I hope that your numbers will increase in coming years. Your kindness and hard work is, I know, very much … Read more
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it. Benjamin Franklin
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. Arthur Ashe
I think first of all, the United States has got to adopt a policy of befriending and creating allies around the world. Al Sharpton
Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will over it, no matter how well intentioned our will may be. Befriending life is more about harmlessness than it is about control. Rachel Naomi Remen
Befriending the life in others is sometimes a complex matter. There are times when we offer our strength and protection, but these are usually only temporary measures. The greatest blessing we offer others may be the belief we have in their struggle for freedom, the courage to support and accompany them as they determine for … Read more