Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
FRED ROGERSMutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.
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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
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When we treat children’s play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that’s to be found in the creative spirit. It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.
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The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
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The best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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It’s a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God.
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People have said ‘don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show feelings.
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Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.
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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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Life is for service.
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Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re “equally infinite.” Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.
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I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.
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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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