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- There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.
- Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937)
- All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
- Jean De La Bruyere (1645 - 1696)
- Americans become unhappy and vicious because their preoccupation with amassing possessions obliterates their loneliness. This is why production in America seems to be on such an endless upward spiral: every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something.
- Philip Saltier
- At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.
- Brendan Francis
- The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
- Author Unknown
- Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening.
- Author Unknown
- A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.
- Kenneth A. Wells
- To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frigthened.
- Robert C. Murphy
- After all, life is really simple; we ourselves create the circumstances that complicate it.
- Author Unknown
- Life is tragic for those who have plenty to live on and nothing to live for.
- Author Unknown
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