The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
FRED ROGERSThe child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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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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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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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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One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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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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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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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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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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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 kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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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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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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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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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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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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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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Love begins with listening.
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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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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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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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