"Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden."

-- Gerda Weissmann Klein

#Survival Quotes #Privilege Quotes #Painful Quotes

“Provoking, isn't it? that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.”
“If he is thin, I will probably dine poorly. If he is both thin and sad, the only hope is in flight.”
“I swear. Everyone here gets so worked up over the most minute details. ~Mayuri Kurotsuchi”
“Stop all physical activity and sit naturally at ease. Remain silent and let sound be like an echo. Do not think about anything look at experience beyond thought; open minded like space. Let go of control and stop and rest at ease in that state. Awareness without projection is the greatest meditation. Train and develop like this and you will come to the deepest awakening.”
“I think poetry has started to take on a supplementary role of prayer for some people. The churches, I think, including my own, are terrible at teaching people how to pray. It may be that we need to learn from the ground up as religious people, whether Christian or not, how to pray.”
“Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.”

Source : "Transcript: Whitney Houston: 'I'm a Person Who Has Life'". "Primetime" with Diane Sawyer, abcnews.go.com. December 4, 2002.
“We shall understand that when waiting is rightly comprehended, it is a deliciousness that is already indeed a wink of bliss.”
“If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”

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