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The second one, the joint Truth and Friendship Commission, which we started now with Indonesia, that is the one that has been criticized its terms of reference call for providing amnesty for those who cooperate in telling the truth. It does not lead to prosecution.

Because most people are not sufficiently employed in themselves, they run about loose, hungering for employment, and satisfy themselves in various supererogatory occupations. The easiest of these occupations, which have all to do with making things already made, is the making of people: it is called the art of friendship.

Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

From an early age I did not buy into the value systems of working hard in a nine-to-five job. I thought creativity, friendship and loyalty and pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable was much more interesting.

My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list of my Top Ten friends in the manner of a Top Of The Pops chart countdown.

I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.

Look, I worked with American Republican presidents and Democratic presidents, all of them, and each of them has shown a deep and profound friendship to Israel, you know? I can not remember anybody who was in that sense negative as far as Israel is concerned.

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically everything everywhere is full of sudden hate and ugliness?

The most deadly fruit is borne by the hatred which one grafts on an extinguished friendship.

Came but for friendship, and took away love.

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship.

Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.

I did not like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.

When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.