“I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms, allow them to take the subway... let them be better people, let them believe more in themselves.”
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“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”
― Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
― Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning
“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.”
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“The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.”
― The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace
― The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace
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