Philia Quotes

#1. Man's rights are evident branches of, rather than deductions from, the duty of self-preservation, commonly called the first law of nature.

Samuel Adams

#2. She loved him, the way the she should love Julian: Uncle Arthur would have called it philia, friendship love.

Cassandra Clare

#3. The wheel begins its only if turning. / It had never stopped. / This is life's bargain that motion / Is hope.

Mary Jo Bang

#4. I just want to keep working, really. I just want to keep acting. Playing one part for a very long time builds up in you a desire to play as many different things as you can.

Daniel Radcliffe

#5. Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal kindnesses. You love each other for the happy experiences and pleasures you share.

Francois Lelord

#6. I know there's no use in looking back. It's started now. And looking back won't do anything but make me turn to salt.
I blame my new designer shoes for the fact that my footsteps are unsteady.
I blame the fact that I can't breathe on the blue dress's tiny waste.

Ally Carter

#7. Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.

Hilaire Belloc

#8. Teaching is a gift for both the recipient and the teacher.

Ed Coet

#9. Rooney's good but not the best in Manchester.

Mario Balotelli

#10. Victories in the field," he commented, "count for little if the right decisions are not taken at home.

Anthony Everitt

#11. The relationship between God and man are built only within a time frame.

Sunday Adelaja

#12. I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go.

Philip Treacy

#13. I love New York. I'm working on Broadway, and it's a great way for me to get my feet wet in acting and a great way to season yourself as a performer.

Taylor Hicks

#14. It's actually true that I keep myself going by constantly promising myself that in response for the hard work I will be allowed to do some more hard work later on.

Terry Pratchett

#15. The arts can do more to sustain the peace than all the wars, the armaments, and the threats and warnings of politicians.

Arthur Miller

#16. I was pondering the Greek ideals of love. Agape, of course, the highest love, the love that Gods feel. Then eros, romantic love; and philia, the love of friends; and storge, the love of family.

Cassandra Clare

#17. I know that there's a customary cliche about librarians being what crass people might call "hard-asses".

Leah Thomas