It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.

Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience- or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.

Which would you choose if you could:
pleasure for yourself despite your friends
or a share in their grief?

Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.

Never forget that friends, true friends, get pleasure - pure selfish pleasure - from being around when they are needed.

There should be a little gap between you and your friends, though you'll miss their companionship and you'll also miss their disrespect.

Separation is painful, but so is its opposite. And if being together brings joy, then it is only proper that separation should do the same in its own way.

Sad? Nonsense! Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.” He glanced at the charts on the table. “And Arrakis is just another place.

Know your own happiness.

reconciliation. Remember that you are friends, you’ve known each for other a long time, and the relationship is worth keeping.

If you can recognize and accept your pain without running away from it, you will discover that although pain is there, joy can also be there at the same time.

I lean on each individual at different times and in different ways. Which is another thing worth recognizing about friendship. No one person, no one relationship will fulfill your every need. Not every friend can offer you safety or support on every day. Not every one can or will show up precisely when or how you need them to. And this is why it's good to continue always making room at your table, to keep yourself open to gathering more friends. You will never not need them, and you will never stop learning from them.

Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people — that's in your hands.

...life (pause) is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.