"Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence."

-- Dalai Lama

#Pain Quotes #Helping Others Quotes #Giving Quotes

“And when her biographer says of an Italian woman poet, 'during some years her Muse was intermitted,' we do not wonder at the fact when he casually mentions her ten children.”

Source : Anna Garlin Spencer (1908). “Woman's Share in Social Culture”
“All these guys picking on smart kids and calling them geeks and dweebs are going to grow up and want to know why they don't do something about the terrible state the world is in. I can tell you why. By the time they grow up, most of the kids who realy could have changed things are wrecked.”

Source : Bruce Coville (2013). “My Teacher Glows in the Dark”, p.6, Simon and Schuster
“My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.”
“I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense for those looking in from the outside.”
“I like projects in which I can really act and not be me all the time.”
“Do I look like a sex-symbol or a pin-up boy? It's just that my father presented me like a dream.”
“No one has as much luck around the greens as one who practices a lot.”
“With existing technology, we can enforce airport security without sacrificing our personal privacy.”

Source : "Protecting Privacy at the Airport" by Tom Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2011.

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