Treasures On Earth...

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1.

"It is the depth and vibrancy of friendship that brings beauty to your life.

Friendship is the ground you plant your tree in,

The fertile basis in your flourishing.

Friendship creates continuous vitality around you, and in you.

If the friendship is strong, it will purify the circle of your living,

As a drop of the Prophets blood does the ground it falls on.

True friends sacrifice wealth and reputation, everything for each other.

When asked why, they say, "I wish I had more to give."

The Companions of Mohammad (PBUH) lived in such a friendship."

(Baha' Uddin)

2.

"Your friend is your needs answered.

He is your field which you sow with love,

And reap with thanksgiving.

He is your board and your fireside.

For you come to him with your hunger,

And you seek him for peace.

And when he is silent your heart ceases

Not to listen to his heart;

For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations,

Are born and shared, with Joy that is unclaimed.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not;

For that which you love most,

In him may be closer in his absence,

As the mountain to the climber,

Is clearer from the plain.

And let there be no purpose in friendship,

Save the deepening of the spirit.

For love that seeks aught but the disclosure

Of its own mystery is not ove, but a net cast forth:

And only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.

Seek him always with hours to live.

For it is his to fill your need,

But not your emptiness

And in the sweetness of friendship

Let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

The heart finds its morning and is refreshed."

(Khalil Gibran)

3.

"Forbearance, patience and tolerance are the only conditions which keep two individual hearts united." (Hazarat Khan)

4.

"The true eyes are those that see the friend...

Merge the whole of yourself in your eyes, go towards the vision, go towards the vision, go towards the vision." (Rumi)

5.

"Everyone gets, sooner or later, what he gives,

For the heart knows the condition of the heart.

Therefore, there is no better principle than,

Speaking good of the friend,

Wishing good to the friend,

Doing good to the friend,

With all kindness and love;

Having no thought for one moment,

Of the friend's deserving our,

Goodness, kindness, or love."

(Inayat Khan)

6.

"Stand by your friend in his time of need, like the reed on the bank, it will save him if it is strong; and if not, it will sink along with him." (Seman)

--Many thanks to Angelina27--