Courtesy of Henrik Edberg The Positivity Blog
“Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone – and finding that that’s ok with them.”
Alain de Botton
“An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”
William Arthur Ward
“What is uttered from the heart alone, will win the hearts of others to your own.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”
George Burns
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
Confucius
“Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
Albert Camus
“Having someone wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night is a very old human need.”
Margaret Mead
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.”
Leo F. Buscaglia
“There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying east and west –
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
