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Words of the Wise XI

All sorrows can be borne if you tell a story about them
Karen Blixen

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand
Mother Teresa

Love is not what we become, but what we already are
Stephen Levine

Nothing spoils the taste of peanut butter like unrequited love
Charlie Brown (from Snoopy)

Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real
Iris Murdoch

If our love is only a will to posses, it is not love
Thich Nhat Hanh

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born
Anais Nin

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island...to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune, to keep him is a blessing
Baltasar Gracian

One kind word can warm three winter months
Japanese Proverb

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love, help make Earth happy
Julia Carney

Make yourself a blessing to someone. Your kind smile or pat on the back just might pull someone back from the edge
Carmelia Elliot

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be
Goethe

If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink
Romans 12:20

The human spirit is stronger than anything that happens to it
C.C. Scott

Wherever you go, there you are
Buckaroo Bonzai

It is such a secret place, the land of tears
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Other people may be there to help us, teach us, guide us along our path. But the lesson to be learned is always ours
Melody Beattie

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim
Tom Cruise

Family...a group experience of love and support
Marianne Williamson

It's a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you--when he comes down from the mountains and you see he's this man with weaknesses. And you love him as this whole being, not as a figurehead
Robin Williams

Things do not change. We change
Henry David Thoreau

I am always ready to learn; but I do not always like to be taught
Winston Churchill

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core strength within you that survives all hurt
Max Lerner

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself
Henry Winkler

It's important to be involved and stand up for what you believe in
Ione Skye

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it
Hebrews 13:2

There is so much in the world to care about
Laura Dern

My mother always used to say: "The older you get, the better you get...unless you're a banana."
Rose Nylund

Hold a friend's hand through times of trial,
Let her find love through a hug and a smile,
But also know when it is time to let go--
For each and every one of us must learn to grow
Shawn A. Heilbrunn
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