"When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us."

-- Sydney J. Harris

#Running Quotes #Pain Quotes #May Quotes

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
“But it is possible that, in the days ahead, these years we have lived through may eventually be thought of simply as a period of disturbance and regression”
“We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.”

Source : Daniel J. Boorstin (1978). “The Image”
“Debbie had to get up and slice me a thick piece of cake before she could answer. And I do mean thick. Harry Potter volume seven thick. I could have knocked out a burglar with this piece of cake. Once I tasted it, though, it seemed just the right size.”
“That's healthy and good for us that there are people who are prepared to question what we are doing.”
“It is only the consciousness of a nonexistence which allows us to realize for moments that we are living.”

Source : Max Frisch (1977). “Sketchbook 1946-1949”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“Men and women are different, but if women are good enough to run homes and raise children, then their influence ought to be good for politics.”
“I praise the God of grace; I trust His truth and might; He calls me His, I call Him mine. My God, my joy and light”

Source : Horatius Bonar (1864). “Hymns of Faith and Hope: Second Series”, p.113

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