"our quarrels with the world are like our quarrels with God: no matter how right we are, we are wrong."

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Source : Randall Jarrell (1965). “A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables”

Randall Jarrell

#Matter Quotes #World Quotes #Quarrels Quotes

“A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument...and the occasional bar fight.”
“All the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be set to learn as long as they are not fit for any other occupation, until they are able to read English writing well.”
“You can go a month without food, you can live three days without water, but you can't go more then sixty seconds without HOPE.”
“The continuing struggle was once described in the following metaphor by a patient who had successfully completed a long course of psychotherapy: 'I came to therapy hoping to receive butter for the bread of life. Instead, at the end, I emerged with a pail of sour milk, a churn, and instructions on how to use them.' (138)”

Source : SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”
“No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they may see their own reflection.”
“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.”
“Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.”
“I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.”

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