Friends should be chosen by a higher principle of selection than any worldly one. They should be chosen for character, for goodness, for truth and trustworthiness, because they have sympathy with us in our best thoughts and holiest aspirations, because they have community of mind in the things of the soul.


The Art of Being a Good Friend: How to Bring Out the Best in Your Friends and in Yourself (ed. Sophia Institute Press, 1999) - ISBN: 9780918477620

Hugh Black Quotes

Friends should be chosen by a higher principle of selection than any worldly one. They should be chosen for character, for goodness, for truth and...

Friends should be chosen by a higher principle of selection than any worldly one. They should be chosen for character, for goodness, for truth and...

Friends should be chosen by a higher principle of selection than any worldly one. They should be chosen for character, for goodness, for truth and...

Friends should be chosen by a higher principle of selection than any worldly one. They should be chosen for character, for goodness, for truth and...