Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
FRED ROGERSWhatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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The people we trust with important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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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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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.
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Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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Mutual 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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Relationships are like dances in which people try to find whatever happens to be the mutual rhythm in their lives.
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I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said “yes,” when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.
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Love begins with listening.
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Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
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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 best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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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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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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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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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
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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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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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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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