“There’s no debt. There never has been. We are friends.” – D. A. Carson1
“Friendship is the happiest and most fully human of all loves, the crown of life.” – C. S. Lewis
“Friendship makes you feel as one with your friend.” – Thomas Aquinas
“There is a brotherhood within the body of believers, and the Lord Jesus Christ is the common denominator. Friendship and fellowship are the legal tender among believers.” – J. Vernon McGee
“God send me a friend that will tell me of my faults.” – Thomas Fuller
“He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.” – Abraham Kuyper
“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” – Augustine
“A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.” – Charles Kingsley
“A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have.” – D. L. Moody
“The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.” – Francis Bacon
“The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.” – Oswald Chambers
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
“If you have one true friend you have more than your share.” – Thomas Fuller
“A friend will not try to change your convictions.” – Jack Hyles
“Let those be thy choicest companions who have made Christ their chief companion.” – Thomas Brooks
“We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.” – Thomas Fuller
“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.” – Thomas Aquinas
“When two friends part they should lock up one another’s secrets, and interchange their keys.” – Owen Feltham
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