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No matter what occurred in the world, no matter how near danger might be, life went on, and what could one do but live it?
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
― The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
“My pain was never more valuable than his potential.”
― Know My Name
― Know My Name
“It was pretty cool to have someone around here who didn't like the same things as everybody else.”
― Better Off Friends
― Better Off Friends
“We’re different, you and I. I am a Rorschach Test, and you, you are a butterfly. No, wait, you are a bat. Actually, you are the Galapagos Islands. Or perhaps you are a failed Pollack painting.”
― This Book is Not for Sale
― This Book is Not for Sale
“When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
Tales of the Achieves
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