Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
One of the great benefits of writing down the events in your life is that you will begin to see your existence as a grand story.
In Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, the profoundly human (i.e., imperfect) teacher, Hector, reminds his students that “The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met,... See more
, "And in the end, I believe that we don't need to do anything to be loved. We spend our lives trying to seem prettier, smarter. But I realized two things. Those who love us see us with their hearts and attribute qualities to us beyond those we really have. And those who don't want to love us will never be satisfied with all our efforts. Yes, I
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
- Diogenes of Babylon
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. - R.W. Emerson
