Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.
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- The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember (2003), p. 93; Complete sentence quoted by the Fred Rogers Institute with its book title, year, and page. Distinguished from the essay author’s surrounding reflections.
- The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember (2003), p. 93
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