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21 " What all of us hesitate to admit is that we tend to be more helpful to people who are like us. "
― , Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now
22 " As much as we try, we do not control how we feel or what we think. "
23 " Finally, if the person I’m talking to appears wedded determinedly to the past and unwilling to contemplate a better future, I grow impatient. It is misplaced kindness to offer only sympathy, even where it is clearly justified. It is hope that I’m really selling. If, after extended effort, I cannot persuade someone to buy, I am wasting both our time by continuing. "
24 " The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. Think about it. "
25 " To imagine that we are solely, or even primarily, responsible for the successes and failures of our children is a narcissistic myth. "
26 " manual of virtuous character traits that describes qualities to nurture in ourselves and to seek in our friends and lovers. At the top of the list would be kindness, a willingness to give of oneself to another. This most desirable of virtues governs all the others, including a capacity for empathy and love. Like other forms of art, we may find it hard to define, but when we are in its presence, we feel it. "
27 " The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas. "