"When you ride the wave, the thrill is so exhilarating that you forget everything else. You live in the moment where nothing else matters, so intent on riding the wave perfectly that you and the wave become one. Pain and worry disappear, replaced by euphoria, akin to flow. Similarly, when giving empathy, you want to strive for this kind of total presence for the person you are listening to."

-- Marshall B. Rosenberg

#Pain Quotes #Giving Quotes #Worry Quotes

“Many Christians have what we might call a 'cultural holiness.' They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them...But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like Himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God.”
“My parents have seen their ups-and-downs but are still married after 40 years, so that's something.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (â€œA Dream of Fearâ€)”

Source : George Sterling (1908). “A Wine of Wizardry: And Other Poems”
“Art is more than a series of images that are disembodied. Art is objects that live in real places, economies, spaces, architecture.”
“. . . as far as the regime is concerned, well, the play is sheer terror for them. Because they feel, How dare - how dare anybody lift his or her voice in criticism against us? We have the guns. Their level of paranoia and power-drunkenness is unbelievable.”
“I tell my friends married life is boring, but that's just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better.”
“I try to move people emotionally.”
“So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.”

Source : The Phantom Tollbooth (p. 247)

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