By Kelsey Ogletree — 2020
Figuring out what to say—or what not to say—can feel daunting.
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CLEAR ALL
We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
1
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
2
People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.
Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
3
Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
4
We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
7
What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
Friendship . . . is born at the moment when one man says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .’