John Muir Quotes

No one can live without friendship, because what would you do all day without friends?

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

Friends and relatives might be surprised that I think of myself as lonely. I'm married to a man I not only love but like, and we spend a lot of time together. If I feel like socializing, I can usually find someone to meet for coffee or a drink.

I think the most important thing in life is relationships. I think that feeds us almost like food.

Friends are very important to me, and I have always had many of them. There are probably many reasons why this is so, but two seem to me more valid than any of the others I am a naturally friendly person, and I hate to be alone.

I have no friends, there are only people I love.

To the Ancients, Friendship seemed the happiest and most fully human of all loves... The modern world in comparison, ignores it.

Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it's as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom.

It's a lot easier to find a friend on television than love.

I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.

I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.

How we need another soul to cling to.

I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people.

If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.

Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.

The longer I go about living, I see it's the relationship that is most meaningful.

I need more friends. It's kind of like my quest right now just to have more true friends.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

All I have are the people.