Alice Simshauser

“As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.”
― Anthony de Mello, Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality

“Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun.”
― Clifford Geertz

“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“Vulnerability is not oversharing, it's sharing with people who have earned the right to hear our stories and our experiences.
Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.”
― Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience