"Compassion for the other comes out of our ability to accept ourselves. Until we realize both our own weaknesses and our own privileges, we can never tolerate lack of status and depth of weakness in the other."

-- Joan D. Chittister

#Compassion Quotes #Weakness Quotes #Depth Quotes

“A faithful person who prays regularly does not go and plant bombs here and there. It is just people who pretend to be Muslims, those who depict themselves as Muslims, who perpetrate bombings, or Darwinists who make it clear that they are terrorists or communists who commit terrorism. Consequently, they are all Darwinists.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“We're no longer slaves to fear. That doesn't mean we're emotionless now, or never face fear, it just means we don't have to obey it.”
“If there is one vegetable which is God-given, it is the haricot bean.”
“If I could finance my own movies, I would be doing it.”
“I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.”
“When you learn what you can live without, you are able to ask life for the very best because you possess the gift of discernment. You are able to create an authentic life because you are able to make conscious choices.”
“And what about you-the rest of you-did you notice the scars you left behind? No. Probably not. Because most of them can't be seen with the naked eye.”

Source : Jay Asher (2011). “Thirteen Reasons Why”, p.68, Penguin
“It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.”

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