"When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stanceâ€¦ provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another."

-- Carl Rogers

#Hurt Quotes #Confused Quotes #Believe Quotes

“The successful construction of all machinery depends on the perfection of the tools employed; and whoever is a master in the arts of tool-making possesses the key to the construction of all machines... The contrivance and construction of tools must therefore ever stand at the head of the industrial arts.”
“Are we to regard the world of nature simply as a storehouse to be robbed for the immediate benefit of man? ... Does man have any responsibility for the preservation of a decent balance in nature, for the preservation of rare species, or even for the indefinite continuance of his race?”
“Language is one of the thin walls humanity has built up over centuries against its own ***** and destructive impulses ...”
“The problem with living so long is that we get used to it. We watch the mortals age and wither and die around us, watch the world change and decay...but no matter the hardship or the pain or the sorrow we suffer, we choose to continue living. Out of sheer habit, I think.”
“And he believed because loving her meant believing. It meant trusting. And it meant life. It meant Kell Kreiger was no longer alone”

Source : Lora Leigh (2007). “Hidden Agendas”, p.329, St. Martin's Paperbacks
“If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!”
“It wasn't about believing this or that, it wasn't even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mark Haddon from Jan 16, 2017
“The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome.”

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