"One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human." ― George Santayana Topic(s): Friendship Tags: friends More From George Santayana "Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions; their reasons are always different." "The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy." "The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art." More In Friendship "Is it not a species of blasphemy to call the New Testament revealed religion, when we see in it such contradictions and absurdities."― Thomas Paine "Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light."― Helen Keller "There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love."― William Hazlitt