Mother Angelica Quotes

Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.

A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience.

Fundamentally, we all want the same thing. We want to love. We want to be loved, and we want to matter.

I've got plenty of love in my life already in the form of my sons and a few good friends who I value dearly.

Love means being happy, and it is that magical feeling which you get around people you love. Be it friends, family. It could mean different to different people, but to me, it is just being kind and happy with each other.

It's nice when people want to see you.

Everybody understands companionship, wants it, gets it, no matter what it looks like.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.

There is not enough celebration of companionship. Relationships aren't just about eroticism and sexuality.

What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing more than the affection of the people with whom I am in contact, and their good opinion of me.

I can understand companionship.

I have found that most of the things I want from living I must get from people.

I think most people would struggle to define their whole relationship with just one label - like: my girlfriend, boyfriend, brother, sister, confidantes, whatever - but in those moments, there's true joy in each other.

I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it's harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?

I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.

Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

The longer I go about living, I see it's the relationship that is most meaningful.

One common desire that every human being has is to love and be loved. At the end of our lives, it's how we measure our lives.

Every time I get off the phone with one of my friends, I tell them I love them.

People crave comfort, people crave connection, people crave community.