"Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his."

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Friendship Quotes #Real Friends Quotes #Faults Quotes

“In looking for my mind, I discovered that it seems to be in many different places. Sometimes it is drinking a glass of water, remembering swimming in the summer, feeling the breeze. In this contemplation I observed that the self is more elusive than I thought.”
“Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.”
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”
“Complaining is the absolute worst possible thing you could do for your health or your wealth. The worst!”
“Years ago I went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and did what all tourists there do: wrote some words on a scrap of paper that I tucked into a crevice in the wall. When I closed my eyes and touched my head to the warm stone, it came to me: "All language is prayer." This must be so. Who is it we are speaking to when we speak to anyone? To that person, and also past him or her to Out There. If there is language, it means there is the possibility of being heard, being met, being loved. And reaching out to be heard, met, or loved is a holy act. Language is holy.”
“The responsibility of caring and providing for a child can both give you strength or be paralyzing at times. Depending on the attitude you choose. Ultimately I think it is very valuable to anyone's personal growth having to care for someone else than just yourself.”
“I think most memoirs, though they purport to be about this particular time or this person you met, are really about the effect that person or time had on you.”
“Be honest, how hideous do I look?" He took another step back and pursed his lips. "That bad, huh?" I muttered. No, no Bella. Actually. . ." He seemed to be struggling for the right word. "You look. . .sexy." I laughed out loud. "Right." Very sexy, really.”

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