"Neuroscience has proven that similar areas of the brain are activated both in the person who suffers and in the one who feels empathy. Thus, empathic suffering is a true experience of suffering."

-- Matthieu Ricard

#Empathy Quotes #Brain Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“The term bisexual has ended up as the ugly stepchild of sexuality, in both name and meaning. Its fate is symptomatic of the bisexual's own lot in life: to be as common as can be, but unacknowledged.”

Source : Jennifer Baumgardner (2008). “Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics”, p.63, Macmillan
“Back off, asshole. I haven't had a woman today, so I'm in no mood for this kind of bullshit.”
“Joseph Mattson is a monster of a writer.”
“The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man”

Source : Charles Sumner (1850). “Orations and Speeches [1845-1850]”, p.122
“But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.”
“I hate the word famous because it has no substance.”
“Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.”
“I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.”

Source : Anatole France (1920). “The garden of Epicurus”

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