Thoughts on Friendship

March 24, 2011 at 10:38 am · Filed under From the Archives, Quotations

- Originally published September 1, 2006

C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien on the mysterious glory of friendship…

“Is there any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of friends by a fire?” – from The Letters of C.S. Lewis

“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.” – C.S. Lewis, Selected Literary Essays, “Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem”

“You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin–to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours — closer than you can keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends.” – The Fellowship of the Ring

Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If i had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, “sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.” I know I am very fortunate in that respect. – C.S. Lewis

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