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

People are nicer than they look, but you have to go first.

We must live with our enemies as if they might one day become our friends, and live with our friends as if they might sometime or other become our enemies. LA BRUYÈRE