We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.

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You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.

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We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.

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Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.

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I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.

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It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.

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Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

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I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.

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Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

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