Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky. – Rainer Maria Rilke

You can be happy with someone who likes you despite your faults — until you meet someone who likes your faults. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Today, befriend a stranger, or if you feel up to more of a challenge, befriend a loved one. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us. – Hector Bianciotti, Sans La Misericorde du Christ