Globalization

Got this particular quote while reading "World is flat" by Tom Freidman. This is one of the best books on the topic of Globalization.

"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running."

Friendship

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is one of the best quotes on friendship that I have come across. Most of the times we do so many things we don't like or say things we don't mean just to be agreeable and not go against the tide of commonly held beliefs and opinions.
If you really need to know who your true friends are then apply the above test. It will tell you how many true friends you have.