Monthly Archives: May 2012

“I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.” -Virginia Satir

“Home is not where you live, but where they understand you.” -Christian Morgenstern

“If you hate a person you hate something in him that is a part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.” -Hermann Hesse

“Just as we have recognized unity, by our very nature we must also recognize variation. We must learn that truth may be expressed in a thousand ways, and each one yet be true. We must learn that the same thing can be viewed from a hundred different standpoints, and yet be the same thing.” -Swami Vivekananda

“We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody’s weakness.” -Bern Williams

“What we obtain too cheap we esteem too little; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.” -Thomas Paine

“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.” -Kahlil Gibran

“Only by acceptance of the past can you alter it.” -T.S. Eliot

“Each of us has an inner dream that can unfold if we just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.” -Julia Cameron

“The worst-tempered people I’ve ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.” -Wilson Mizner