Family quotes

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

William Shakespeare

Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Scene 3 · View source

“Within the four seas, all are brothers.”

Confucius

Analects, Book 12 (Yan Yuan) · View source

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays, First Series — Friendship · View source

“A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.”

Confucius

Analects, Book 1 (Xue Er) · View source

“God bless us, every one!”

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol, Stave Three · View source

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep.”

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2 · View source

“I do love nothing in the world so well as you. Is not that strange?”

William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1 · View source

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.”

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol, Stave Three · View source

“I would not wish any companion in the world but you.”

William Shakespeare

The Tempest, Act 3, Scene 1 · View source

“Knowledge is nothing but finding unity in the midst of diversity.”

Swami Vivekananda

The Complete Works, Volume 3 — The Vedanta · View source

“The river and its waves are one surf: where is the difference between the river and its waves?”

Kabir

Songs of Kabir, poem XIV (II.56), translated by Rabindranath Tagore · View source

“Go thou to the company of the good, where the Beloved One has His dwelling place.”

Kabir

Songs of Kabir, poem LXXI (III.13), translated by Rabindranath Tagore · View source