HAPPY FRIENDSHhhh.....IP DAY
friendship in disguise!!!!
“Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy”
“Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.”
“Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.”
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”
“Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving them, and they can’t stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they’ll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That’s love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There’s something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies. (from "Loving Your Enemies")”
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