"Consolation indiscreetly pressed upon us, when we are suffering undue affliction, only serves to increase our pain, and to render our grief more poignant."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Pain Quotes #Grief Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“Sit in meditation ! But do not think ! Look only at your mind ! You will see thoughts coming into it ! Before they can enter, throw these away from your mind till your mind is capable of entire silence.”
“We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles”
“In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.”
“In 23 years in newsrooms, I saw consistent and concerted efforts to get stories right. Clearly, the public's not convinced.”
“The velocity and volume on the Web are so great that nothing is forgotten and nothing is remembered,”

Source : "The editor's multiple mentions" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. October 19, 2009.
“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”
“I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.”
“Some people say they want things, but when push comes to shove they don't do what is necessary to achieve it.”

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