"Whole-hearted listening is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to the other person."

-- Harriet Lerner

#Spiritual Quotes #Giving Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Are all ends of life so sad?”
“The position of Prussia in Germany will not be determined by its liberalism but by its power ... Prussia must concentrate its strength and hold it for the favorable moment, which has already come and gone several times. Since the treaties of Vienna, our frontiers have been ill-designed for a healthy body politic. Not through speeches and majority decisions will the great questions of the day be decided - that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849 - but by iron and blood (Eisen und Blut).”
“My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.”
“For me surfing is just something that I love to do. I grew up surfing, is sort of like a family requirement. I can't imagine my life without it. But I am not defined by it, nor is my music. They are very separate.”

Source : Source: www.roomthirteen.com
“The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.”
“I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.”

Source : Paul Rieckhoff (2006). “Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Facades in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective”, p.311, Penguin
“If a woman or a gay person has a right, by conservative logic, then the right is not actually a right but instead an assault on rights. Women and gays: So evil that we can turn actual rights into assaults on freedom just by having them.”
“Get up and do it if it needs to be done, even if you hate it!”

Source : "Former Cosmo editor Gurley Brown dead at 90", www.cnn.com. August 17, 2012.

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