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129846d We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. mourning grief suffering reality personal-experience others experience C.S. Lewis
d1aa333 Onen i-estel edain, u-chebin estel anim hope inspirational others J.R.R. Tolkien
28256f5 Onen i-estel edain, u-chebin estel anim. (I gave Hope to the Dunedain, I have kept none for myself.) (Gilraen's linnod) inspirational others J.R.R. Tolkien
740f6cc Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability inspirational designer others self fashion Karl Lagerfeld
0802998 You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself. others privacy secrets Don DeLillo
295455a A giant octopus living way down deep at the bottom of the ocean. It has this tremendously powerful life force, a bunch of long, undulating legs, and it's heading somewhere, moving through the darkness of the ocean... It takes on all kinds of different shapes--sometimes it's 'the nation,' and sometimes it's 'the law,' and sometimes it takes on shapes that are more difficult and dangerous than that. You can try cutting off its legs, but they just keep growing back. Nobody can kill it. It's too strong, and it lives too far down in the ocean. Nobody knows where its heart is. What I felt then was a deep terror. And a kind of hopelessness, a feeling that I could never run away from this thing, no matter how far I went. And this creature, this thing doesn't give a damn that I'm me or you're you. In its presence, all human beings lose their names and their faces. We all turn into signs, into numbers. others society state Haruki Murakami
2d2bce0 The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among. self-doubt others value uncertainty Alain de Botton
4039092 [T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them in the wrong way, through lenses clouded by distraction, exhaustion and fear, which blind us to the fact that they are really, despite a thousand differences, just altered versions of ourselves: fellow fragile, uncertain, flawed beings likewise craving love and in urgent need of forgiveness. ourselves viewpoints oneness others Alain de Botton
1cbea1b It is good to put your life in other people's hands. trust others T.H. White
be53652 Our minds are susceptible to the influence of external voices telling us what we require to be satisfied, voices that may drown out the faint sounds emitted by our souls and distract us from the careful, arduous task of accurately naming our priorities. influence satisfaction others priorities minds soul Alain de Botton
b50fcc6 ...if I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough to meet the needs of my family may seem nonmaterialistic, it's actually selfish when I could earn enough to care for others as well. money family more earning stewardship others needs selfish enough scripture materialism Randy Alcorn
148926f lys `ly 'n 'f`l m yf`lh lakhrwn , wlknny 'stTy` 'n 'f`l m ynsbny others novel Nicholas Sparks
7b373f8 In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother with all the distractions we did? .. give up days and weeks of our lives, addicted to someone else's drama. ill live life others envy quality drama dying Mitch Albom
1e5711f We're better off not worrying about ourselves, and to do that, we have to worry about others. compassion life landry pearl-in-the-mist v-c-andrews ourselves others worrying human-beings thoughtful V.C. Andrews
1c60b32 I am not bothered by the silence. For all the noise I make with my friends, I am still not comfortable talking about my feelings in front of others - especially not classmates. classmates silence feelings friends others uncomfortable talk noise Mitch Albom