Herman Melville
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. ― Herman Melville
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. ― Herman Melville
Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way. ― Kingsley Amis
What we need are more people who specialize in the impossible. ― Theodore Roethke
It takes a certain maturity of mind to accept that nature works as steadily in rust as in rose petals. — Esther Warner Dendel
Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us … the sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. — Rachel Naomi Remen
Love begets love. This torment is my joy. — Theodore Roethke
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow. — Mary Anne Radmacher