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Quotes that caught my heart.
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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."
― Albert Camus
"Get the important things right."
– N. P. Calderwood
Forces that are out of your control can take everything away from you except one thing: your freedom to decide how you react to them. You don't control what happens to you in life, you control what you feel and what you do when something happens to you.
(Viktor Frankl)
“ To end on hope: collectively, in what ways do you feel we can effectually repair and improve our humanity ?”
Her response:
Her response:
Make room for each other. I think we live in a world—I don’t think, I know—we live in a world that keeps spaces so narrow, and I think that writing poetry—the arts—is the biggest lane of all. That’s why I love being a poet;... See more
The problem of too many notebooks
“gentle and powerful” = both an oxymoron and also a highly desirable combination.
Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet. I meet others with the life I’ve lived, not just with my questions.
Krista Tippett • Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and the Art of Living
