Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
FRED ROGERSThe kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.
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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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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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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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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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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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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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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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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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A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.
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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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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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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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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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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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