Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
FRED ROGERSAnyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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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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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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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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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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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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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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The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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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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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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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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Life is for service.
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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
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