He seems a very amiable person," said Holmes, laughing. "I am not quite so bulky, but if he had remained I might have shown him that my grip was not much more feeble than his own." As he spoke he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again.

Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.

I think that if we begin to think of families in a wider context, groups of people relating to each other in a give-and-take manner, then our definitions of families will broaden so that we have groups of people, sustain groups, support groups, in whatever period of life, whatever time, whatever place, right, that come together and remain

They talked about nothing in particular, sentences that had meaning only in the sound of the voices, in warm gaiety, in the ease of complete relaxation.

They talked about nothing in particular, sentences that had meaning only in the sound of the voices, in the warm gaiety, in the ease of complete relaxation. They were simply four people who liked being there together.

You must choose to live by enouragement rather than by expectations.

Use social media for good and lift others up, not tear them down. Stay on the high road. Keep your peace.

Spend time with people who enrich your mind, nourish your heart, and illuminate your soul.

Temporary friends sometimes bring us to permanent blessings.

Be the sun in someone's dark sky.

No tree becomes large without smaller trees hoping its branches get cut off.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.