friend The desire to have friends connected with overcoming human closed on itself, with the overcoming of selfishness. The Slavic word "friend" means "different", "neighbor". The desire to seek someone else is absolutely essential to man. A person can only be realized in connection with each other. Commandments, because the most important two: love God and love others. Love for another person is the desire for friendship. Every man is theoretically and practically can and should be a friend.