Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
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You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both
Every tear has a smile behind it.
Every tear has a smile behind it.
The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set read more
The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our read more
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she read more
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter read more
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering
I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because read more
I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.
The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.
The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things read more
The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things for which he lends his name and pockets the credit.
