612. Friends
A blind manHas a friend:
Light.
A poor man
Has a friend:
God.
An aspiring man
Has two friends:
Joy and Conscience.
A God-realised man
Has two friends:
Heaven’s Pride and earth’s Gratitude.
A rich man
Has no friend,
Not even his soul.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 13, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
