"Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand."

-- Henri Nouwen

#Pain Quotes #Being Alone Quotes #Hands Quotes

“I try to tell myself Iâ€™m not schizophrenic. But when Iâ€™m not acting, Iâ€™m not alive. Everyday is just not heightened enough for me. Iâ€™m more focused, more interesting when Iâ€™m working.”
“The changing nature of money is only one facet of the financial services revolution.”
“No man can become perfect until he knows his true nature. And the person who knows his or her true nature cannot be an imperfect.”
“The more we talk about kindness in business, the more we'll break through the hard structures that have defined business and alienated women from getting to the top.”
“Besides, I'd heard too many Karen Carpenter tales at Gladstone PTA meetings, and they often took the form of boasts. The prestigious diagnosis of anorexia seemed much coveted not only by the students but by their mothers, who would compete over whose daughter ate less. No wonder the poor girls were a mess.”
“The industry needs transforming. Itâ€™s for others to decide whether they want to get stuck in the past or whether they want to come on the journey.”
“The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most unfortunate of all mortals. Because between his magic and his person forgetfulness takes shape, in the form of the world.”
“I used to ask myself why American universities are financed through endowments. Now I know: During the early days of America, the state was poor and when citizens wanted to set something up, they needed to collect money themselves. Historically, this was different in Europe. There used to be a strong state, a monarch or a king. He provided money.”

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