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Never tell a child that something it’s too hard

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What is it?”“A prayer.”“For a child?”She nodded.“For me?”Another nod.“On a tree?”“Trees spend all day looking up at God.

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I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.

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Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.

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Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

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This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.

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There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover...more

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The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn’t the family. If you don’t have the support and lov...more

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Take any emotion—love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what I’m going through, fear and pain from a deadly illness. If you hold back on the e...more

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This is part of what a family is about, not just love, but letting others know there’s someone who is watching out for them. It’s what I missed so muc...more

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Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be. We should be looking a...more

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But I do know we’re deficient in some way. We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don’t satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, t...more

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We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it...more