(My friend Jackie gave me this beloved painting when she recently went into ‘assisted living.’
I cherish it and our friendship.)

“There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.” —Socrates

“In everyone’s life, at sometime, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful. For those people who rekindle. Spirit.” —Albert Schweitzer.

“AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS,” and he was called a friend of God.” —James 2:23 (also see 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8)

“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” – Proverbs 18:24