Quotes
Authors
Bessel van der Kolk

"Trauma really does confront you with the best and the worst. You see the horrendous things that people do to each other, but you also see resiliency, the power of love, the power of caring, the power of commitment, the power of commitment to oneself, the knowledge that there are things that are larger than our individual survival. And in some ways, I don't think you can appreciate the glory of life unless you also know the dark side of life"

Source : "How Trauma Lodges in the Body". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. March 9, 2017.

Bessel van der Kolk

#Commitment Quotes #Caring Quotes #Dark Quotes

“I was fourteen years old when I went to my first suffrage meeting. Returning from school one day, I met my mother just setting out for the meeting, and I begged her to let me go along.”
“Your business needs a raison d'Ãªtre. Be prepared to work 24 hours a day, and be willing to take risks. And you have to love it or you won't succeed.”

Source : "Women In Design". Interview with Mayer Rus, www.elledecor.com. November 10, 2008.
“For all of us, we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He's in our boat. And when those storms come and those waves (of life) come, He's in the boat with us.”

Source : M. Russell Ballard (2001). “When Thou Art Converted: Continuing Our Search for Happiness”, Deseret Book Company
“If more people recognized the difference between friendship and mere attraction, or how love must partake of both to prosper, I expect there'd be more happy people." "And a lot fewer poems and plays," I said, laughing as I splashed about in the scented water.”
“All the powers of soul and body,memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, thedesires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love...”
“If you want to be called a dwarf you must be in immediate possession of a battle axe cause otherwise your just a midget with an attitude.”
“The things that caused problems for me in school are the same things that help me succeed in the world.”
“I have been using the Lipo Target Massager (not every day) and the Detox Oil. Recently my husband noticed that the cellulite on my thighs had decreased. For a man to notice anything there has to be quite a big difference - so it works really well.”

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