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The opposite of sensitive is not brave. Itâs not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and thatâs no badge of honor.
Glennon Doyle ⢠Untamed
With that great countercultural courage of defying cynicism, Eiseley insists that it was the humans who nourished the highest in their nature by means of love, who lived with such exquisite tenderness for life in all of its expressions, that propelled our species from the caves to the cathedrals, from savagery to sonnets.
Maria Popova ⢠Of Stars, Seagulls, and Love: Loren Eiseley on the First and Final Truth of Life
But thatâs the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.â
Ray Bradbury ⢠Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
When we were very young, our bodies told us that we could break through the constraints of the mundane world and seize a more colorful, wild life for ourselves. As we grew older, we caught glimpses of lives that looked more exciting and full of promise than ours, through a million shiny portholes, and we began to define joy as something that lived
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âThe child says: âWhen I am a big boy.â But what is that? The big boy says, âWhen I grow up.â And then, grown up, he says: âWhen I get married.â But to be married, what is that after all? The thought changes to âWhen Iâm able to retire.â And then, when retirement comes, he looks back over the landscape traversed; a cold wind seems to sweep over it;
... See moreDale Carnegie ⢠How to stop worrying & start living
Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, youâre there. It doesnât matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something thatâs like you after you take your hands away. The
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