Listening is love in action.

To love is to risk not being loved in return.

There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.

That's love. That's all it means. It means sharing joy with people.

The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free.

To place your ideas and your dreams before the crowd is to risk being called naive.

The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.