"If you are a jackal, you will try to reassure. Jackals try to fix people in pain. They can't stand pain, but make matters worse by trying to get rid of it. Put on giraffe ears. Try to hear what they are feeling and needing."

-- Marshall B. Rosenberg

#Pain Quotes #Communication Quotes #People Quotes

“I cheat him, I deceive him, yet the world does not sink in sulphur-colored mists. Madness conquers. I can no longer put my mosaics together. I just cry and laugh.”
“To will nothing, then, is ..looking ..for that infinite virtuosity that always enters into the game and always runs off”

Source : Maurice Blondel, Oliva Blanchette (2004). “Action (1893): essay on a critique of life and a science of practice”, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
“Our biggest challenges for the ocean and for the planet are problems of perception. People need to understand that species extinctions, habitat destruction, ocean acidification, and pollution are all chipping away at the resilience of the thin layer of life that sustains us on Spaceship Earth.”
“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whether I'm going to fall flat on my face.”
“Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
“Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas”
“By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.”
“Up to a point, it is better to just let the snags [bugs] be there than to spend such time in design that there are none.”

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