Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.  St. Teresa of Avila quotes It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly. Theophile Gautier quotes The language of friendship is not words but meanings. Henry David Thoreau quotes 'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected. Charles Lamb quotes One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. Henry Brooks Adams quotes One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three hardly possible. Henry Brooks Adams quotes A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy. Friedrich Nietzsche quotes Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous. Ambrose Bierce quotes A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. William Shakespeare quotes A friend is one who takes me for what I am. Henry David Thoreau quotes | 
