"Being concerned about other people is especially relevant in today's world. If we consider the complex inter-connected ness of our modern lives, how we depend on others and others depend on us, our outlook will change. Weâ€™ll begin to see 'others' not as somehow distant from us, but as people we are in touch with, people close to us; we will no longer feel indifferent to them."

-- Dalai Lama

#People Quotes #Modern Life Quotes #World Quotes

“In war, more than anywhere else in the world, things happen differently from what we had expected, and look differently when near from what they did at a distance.”
“One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action.”
“Ive learned from dieting and not dieting that literally the thing that works best for me is that if I think of it, I better go ahead and have it.”
“I hate this feeling. Like I'm here, but I'm not. Like someone cares. But they don't. Like I belong somewhere else, anywhere but here, and escape lies just past that snowy window, cool and crisp as the February air.”

Source : Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Impulse”, p.23, Simon and Schuster
“It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as it were, forces God to grant our petition. It deepens the abyss of humility, above all it enkindles the flame of love in the heart; hence the Sacrament is the Gift of gifts, and the Grace of graces”
“The second greatest pleasure after love is talking about it.”
“I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I donâ€™t want to hear about your troubles.”
“Family is supposed to be our safe haven. Very often, it's the place where we find the deepest heartache.”

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