"One wears one's mind out in study, and yet has more mind with which to study. One gives away one's heart in love and yet has more heart to give away. One perishes out of pity for a suffering world, and is stronger therefore. So, too, it is possible at one and the same time to hold on to life and let go."

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Source : Milton Steinberg (1951). “A believing Jew”

Milton Steinberg

#Letting Go Quotes #Heart Quotes #Giving Quotes

“No matter how much lip service those committed to power (psychopaths) may pay to the principle of equality (empaths), they can never approach their fellow human beings on an equal footing; their relationships with others are defined solely in terms of power and weakness. Therefore, they must accumulate as much power as possible, with the aim of becoming invulnerable and proving this invulnerability.”
“Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately, to the notion that something can also be gained.”
“Rational people have better things to do than grant unwarranted credibility to every half-assed delusion.”
“Every single soul is a poem, written on the back of God's hand”
“The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, manâ€™s cult of beauty.”
“Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me, or paused at least to strike a glancing blow with his sky-blue mouth as he passed.”
“I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.”
“All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.”

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