He continues to teach because it provides him with a livelihood; also because it teaches him humility, brings it home to him who he is in the world. The irony does not escape him: that the one who comes to teach learns the keenest of lessons, while those who come to learn learn nothing.

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We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger.

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the difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't ― Henry Ward Beecher

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Having a young child explain something exciting he has seen is the finest example of communication you will ever hear or see. — Bob Talbert

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The most sincere compliment we can pay is attention. — Walter Anderson

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Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair, you will do more than simply survive. You will thrive in spite of it. – Joel Osteen

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When one individual comes into intimate contact with another, she—or he, of course, as the case may be—must almost inevitably receive or inflict suffering.

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With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts - Eleanor Roosevelt

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Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. — Franklin P. Jones

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Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. — Sally Koch

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