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As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has — or ever will have — something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Thoughts For All Ages
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I have a very modulated way of dealing with my anger. I have always tried to understand the other person and invariably I’ve discovered that somebody who rubs you the wrong way has been rubbed the wrong way many times.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
AP Interview

Of course, I get angry. Of course, I get sad. I have a full range of emotions. I also have a whole smorgasbord of ways of dealing with my feelings. That is what we should give children. Give them … ways to express their rage without hurting themselves or somebody else. That’s what the world needs.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
AP Interview

There’s a generous current in the American spirit. And if we can simply give voice to that once in a while, I think it’s a good message.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
AP Interview

Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
Commencement Address, Dartmouth College (9 Jun 2002)
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I believe that appreciation is a holy thing, that when we look for what’s best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we’re doing what God does; so in appreciating our neighbor, we’re participating in something truly sacred.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
Commencement Address, Middlebury College (May 2001)
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It’s not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It’s the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
Commencement Address, Middlebury College (May 2001)
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You know, I think everybody longs to be loved, and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.

Fred McFeely Rogers (1928-2003) American educator, minister, songwriter, television host (a.k.a. "Mister Rogers")
In Fred Rogers: America’s Favorite Neighbor, television documentary (2003)