You have to have an antenna and philosophy that everyone's voice can be heard. If you start closing down your ears or creating a closed-door environment, those candles start progressively going out. ~ Richard Tait

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. ~ Marcel Proust

When we associate with the virtuous we form ourselves in imitation of their virtues, or at least lose, every day, something of our faults. ~ Saint Agapet

From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being. ~ Ba'al Shem Tov

Bad guys, like root vegetables, are good for us and help us grow. ~ Brook Hersey, Girls' Book of Love

Living together is an art. ~ William Pickens

There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self-destruct. It never fails. ~ Richard Rybolt

A thoroughbred horse never looks at the other horses. It just concentrates on running the fastest race it can. ~ Henry Fonda

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ~ Jonathan Kozol

Come through for others and they will come through for you. ~ Denis Waitley

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