If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which I am about to write as few men now living have known it.
The animals are right here, right in front of us. And how we treat these companions is a test.
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Parents are one's companions in life but not partakers of one's karma.
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
I owe my dogs much - more than I can say - but they are not my 'companions' - as if we voluntarily chose to hang out together but none of us has authority over the others. I bought and/or acquired them. I own them. I am profoundly responsible for their care and well being.
We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately.
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
My ideal travel companions are my surfboard, wetsuit, and guitar.
When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.
When I was about seven, one or two people encouraged me, and art became an enormous and important refuge. By adolescence, I was absolutely passionate about it and felt those paintings and those painters, whether they lived a few hundred years ago or were still alive, were somehow my companions.
My ideal travel companions are my family.
Solitude is not the same as loneliness. Solitude is a solitary boat floating in a sea of possible companions.
On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
Animals are companions on this planet, not necessarily our feedbags.
