"The ultimate touchstone of friendship is not improvement, neither of the other nor of the self: the ultimate touchstone is witness, the privilege of having been seen by someone and the equal privilege of being granted the sight of the essence of another, to have walked with them and to have believed in them, and sometimes just to have accompanied them for however brief a span, on a journey impossible to accomplish alone."

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Source : FaceBook post by David Whyte from Apr 29, 2013

David Whyte

#Journey Quotes #Essence Quotes #Sight Quotes

“Remember that you are this universe and that this universe is you.”
“Law is stable the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.”

Source : Henry Sumner Maine, Sir, J. H. Morgan (2000). “Ancient Law”, p.15, Beard Books
“As an actor you use your imagination to put yourself in the shoes of bad guy characters. You create a story as to why you are doing it. You are finding what drives people to do this.”

Source : Source: thecelebritycafe.com
“Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.”
“I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short”
“There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.”
“For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath.”

Source : Alice Miller (2002). “For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence”, p.280, Macmillan
“There never seems to be any trouble brewing around a bar until a woman puts that high heel over the brass rail. Don't ask me why, but somehow women at bars seem to create trouble among men.”

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