I would be willing to bet that if one day a woman walked barefoot to the moon and back and read more

I would be willing to bet that if one day a woman walked barefoot to the moon and back and a man cleaned out his desk, when the two of them sat down to dinner that night he would say, ‘Boy was that desk a mess.’

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can read more

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also read more

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm read more

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will read more

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

So many things become beautiful when you really look.

So many things become beautiful when you really look.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.