One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.

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No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate, and love is now.

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The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.

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Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.

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Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

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Compassion is an act of tolerance where kindness and forgiveness reign. When we make the compassionate choice, we enhance the dignity of each individual, which is the very essence of loving them.

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There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.

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Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

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A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.

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Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

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