"Trauma never goes away completely, it changes perhaps, softens some with time, but never completely goes away."

-- Mark Epstein

#Pain Quotes #Grief Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I meditate and pray all the time. The faith and respect that I have in the power of God in my life is what I've used to keep myself grounded, and it has allowed me to move away from the storms that were in my life.”
“Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness.”

Source : "Fictional character: Marie-Antoinette". "Marie Antoinette", www.imdb.com. 2006.
“Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection.”

Source : Jenni Schaefer (2014). “Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too”, p.16, McGraw Hill Professional
“Sometimes the good guy rips out innocent people's throats. That's just something the world need to live with if it wants the good guy to keep saving the day.”
“If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations, or the "poor"; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT, or "fast-track"; no arrogant federal judges usurping states rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We could get rid of most of the agencies, and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal, and limited.”
“If we don't have souls then who am I talking to when I keep telling myself to be good?”
“The technical genius which could find answers ... was not cooped up in military or civilian bureaucracy, but was to be found in universities and in the people at large.”

Source : "The Wind and Beyond: Theodore von Karman, Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Science". Book by Theodore von Karman, p. 268, 1967.
“You know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia.”

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