"none but the unhappy are worthy of friends; if your soul had never suffered never could you have entered mine."

-- Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse

#Friends Quotes #Soul Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat.”
“Govern wisely, and as little as possible”
“We should expect hope's reciprocity as a natural flowering of the life of hope. Helping others and nurturing hope is expressive of hopefulness itself. It is an extension of the hopeful self to reach out to others, promoting the connection of agency and the enrichment of horizons of meaning. Hope's reciprocity grows out of the very social nature of hope; we thus frequently see it live in family relations, in intimacy, in love. And so hope spreads. This spreading should not surprise us; like love, it is freely given, fostered, and nurtured.”
“Being alive is about playing to win. Being brain dead is when you play not to loose.”
“The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.”

Source : Georgette Mosbacher (1994). “Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve”, Touchstone
“The greatest barrier to own own healing is not the pain, sorrow or violence inflicted upon us as children. Our greatest hindrance is our ongoing capacity to judge, to criticize, and to bring tremendous harm to ourselves. If we can harden our heart against ourselves and meet our most tender feelings with anger and condemnation, we simultaneously armor our heart against the possibility of gentleness, love and healing.”

Source : Wayne Muller (1993). “Legacy of the Heart: The Spiritual Advantage of a Painful Childhood”, p.62, Simon and Schuster
“I used to get made fun of a lot for being a male dancer, especially growing up in Boston. Kids are terrible, they don't realize how heavy words can be.”
“The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.”

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