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The things we do first reflect clearly the elements that are most significant in our picture of ourselves.

Eugene Kennedy

The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?

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There is a silence that matches our best possibilities when we have learned to listen to others. We can master the art of being quiet in order to be able to hear clearly what others are saying.... We need to cut off the garbled static of our own preoccupations to give to people who want our quiet attention.

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Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call death.

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There are times when silence is the most sacred of responses.

Eugene Kennedy

Eugene Kennedy

Eugene Kennedy

Born: August 28, 1928

Died: June 3, 2015 (aged 86)

Bio: Eugene Cullen Kennedy was an American psychologist, syndicated columnist, and a professor emeritus of Loyola University Chicago. He remained a professor of psychology at the university for several years.

Known for:

The Unhealed Wound (2001)
The Pain of Being Human (1972)
Free to Be Human (1979)

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