"I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person."

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Source : Walt Whitman, Ezra Greenspan (2005). “Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": A Sourcebook and Critical Edition”, p.110, Psychology Press

Walt Whitman

#Empathy Quotes #Feels Quotes #Persons Quotes

“We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.”
“Art is like a kite. You have to pull the string hard in order to stretch it to its limit, but you don't want to pull it so hard that you break the thread, because the thread connects you to the land and its peoples.”
“Unanimity is the mistress of strength.”
“The Billy Carter of the British monarchy.”
“So many dot-com companies were formulated on air.”
“By "moral discipline," I mean self-discipline based on moral standards. Moral discipline is the consistent exercise of agency to choose the right because it is right, even when it is hard. It rejects the self-absorbed life in favor of developing character worthy of respect and true greatness through Christlike service.”

Source : FaceBook post by D Todd Christofferson from Feb 06, 2014
“Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid blooms rising from roots sunk deep in myth and tradition.”
“I've been stuck on John Eldredge lately. He's all about being a warrior outside of the church. I hate to think about this kind of stuff - I just like to do it.”

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