“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
“Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.”
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.”
“Associate with people who are likely to improve you.”
“If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.”
“Men exist for the sake of one another.”
“There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with.”
“We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole.”
“I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others.”
“Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.”