On the whole, this matter of cultivating friendship is a difficult point. It requires much grace and truth from above. Without love we cannot live. Even as our spirit is created to know, so is our heart created to love. Our heart is created for love even as the bird is created for flight.
Love is our life's beginning and end.
It is the soul's light and source of warmth. He who sins against love lays hands upon his own life. Love is the greatest power. Only as long as we love do we live. Where love awakens, the dark tyrant of ego dies.