Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all those things which disturb the tranquility of our soul: the barking dog that robs you of sleep, the heat of summer, the cold of winter. Forgive the ingrown toenail, the flea that bites; forgive the cranky child, wrinkles, a forgotten birthday. —Barbara Wood More about this quote Tags: forgiveness peace equanimity tranquility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much. —Germain G. Glien More about this quote Tags: wisdom silence age listening talking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. —Sydney Smith More about this quote Tags: life death nonsense Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told me that he had tried to ignore his own suffering and the suffering of other people because he had wanted to be happy. Yet becoming numb to suffering will not make us happy. The part in us that feels suffering is the same as the part that feels joy. —Rachel Naomi Remen More about this quote Tags: happiness joy suffering vulnerability distance numbness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The kindest word in the world is the unkind word, unsaid. —Unknown More about this quote Tags: kindness silence speech Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. —Leo Buscaglia More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In a quarrel, each side is right. —Yiddish folk saying More about this quote Tags: right opinions fighting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am, the more affection I have for them. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say. —Thomas Merton More about this quote Tags: solitude love silence gentleness brotherhood Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't introduce me to him," said Charles Lamb, when a friend offered to present a man whom Lamb had for a long time disliked by hearsay. "I want to go on hating him, and I can't do that to a man I know. —Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible. —James McNeill Whistler More about this quote Tags: conversation talking frustration Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Rarely an hour passed that they didn't argue about something. They had lived together for so many years that they mistook their arguments for conversations. —Marjorie Kellogg More about this quote Tags: relationships communication conversation arguments Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better. —Unknown More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? —Philip Roth More about this quote Tags: understanding intelligence manufacturing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't be yourself. Be someone a little nicer. —Mignon McLaughlin More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
On their return journey from the South Pole, Scott's party was beset by fearful blizzards. Oates suffered badly from frostbitten feet, which were turning gangrenous. He begged to be left behind so as not to slow up the others. His companions would not hear of it, and they struggled on for another day. The following morning the blizzard was still raging. Oates said, "I am just going outside and may be some time." He then walked out of the tent and vanished forever into the storm. —The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email