friendship
For instance, when reading a book, if one brings one’s face too close to it, one cannot see anything. In the same way, forming good interpersonal relationships requires a certain degree of distance. When the distance gets too small and people become stuck together, it becomes impossible to even speak to each other. But the distance must not be too ... See more
Notes & Highlights for The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi
“Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.”
Dale Carnegie • How To Win Friends and Influence People
It’s a sad thing when you map the borders of a friendship and find it’s a narrower country than expected.
Randy Ribay • Patron Saints of Nothing
How the dog knows why it’s kicked, declawed by what it calls friend.
Franny Choi • Floating, Brilliant, Gone
Try leaving a friendly trail of little sparks of gratitude on your daily trips. You will be surprised how they will set small flames of friendship that will be rose beacons on your next visit.
Dale Carnegie • How To Win Friends and Influence People
“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people,” said Schwab, “the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.
Dale Carnegie • How To Win Friends and Influence People
The moment anybody comes close to me, his personality begins to overpower my self-esteem and intrude upon my freedom. Within one day I can end up hating the very best of men, some because they take too long over their dinner, others because they’ve caught a cold and keep blowing their noses. I become a misanthrope, he said, the minute I come into c
... See moreFyodor Dostoevsky • The Karamazov Brothers (Oxford World's Classics)
“Mostly you have to look after people like you do children, and some you have to look after like patients in hospital”…’