independence to pay compliments not only to our friends but to everyone else, to utter friendly words, to know how to appease people, to encourage people toward life and happiness, and to wish a long life and joy for others.

We should visit the ill and give them moral support.

“A sweet word can even break up a bone,” as the Türkmens say. They say this for they believe sincerely in the power and strength of sweet words.

The Türkmen reached his desired day of independence. Let us adopt friendship and brotherhood as our main principle in our independent society. The Türkmen should live in unity and be one and the same with fellow Türkmens in our independent nation. Friendship is a great power. Let our power of friendship be the main ground on which our lives rest. Let it activate our souls, and let it help us reach our desires and goals. May it add to the meaning and taste of our lives.

Man is composed of a body and a soul. The relations between the two components have come to change throughout the development of man.

There are certain activities that take place in man’s life. They have a pure form. These are related to man’s soul and his spiritual composition. The soul is, in essence, free and independent. Among the said activities is friendship. Friendship means the harmonious relations that result from the love and respect between people. Friendship is a spiritual and ethical issue. It is for this reason that friendship is peculiar to human beings, or it is a concept related to man.

Friendship does not result from any spiritual need of the human being. One does not have the option of choosing one’s brothers. It is not dependent upon one’s wish that one has a