To embrace the child may threaten the adult who values information above wonder, entertainment above play, and intelligence above ignorance. If we were really to care for the child, we would have to face our own lower natures—our indomitable emotions, our insane desires, and the vast range of our incapacity.

About Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist. Widely regarded in his lifetime as Ireland's "national bard", his fame and reputation rested primarily on the popularity of his Irish Melodies. In these, Moore set to old Irish tunes verses that spoke to...

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By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.

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The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

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To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.

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Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.

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The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.

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Politeness doesn't require actual humanity. It's just cultural ritual. Kindness means you actually care and have good intentions toward a person. It means you think about them as much as you think about yourself.

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How many people can you claim truly care about you? I mean, not just the people in your life who are fun to hang out with, not just the people who you love and trust. But people who feel good when you are happy and successful, feel bad when you are hurt or going through a hard time, people who would walk away from their lives for a little while to help you with yours.

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One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.

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Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.

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Love is the same as being lost. Except you don't care that you're lost.

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To embrace the child may threaten the adult who values information above wonder, entertainment above play, and intelligence above ignorance. If we were really to care for the child, we would have to face our own lower natures — our indomitable emotions, our insane desires, and the vast range of our incapacity.