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Understanding did not provide solace or make the pain go away; in many ways, understanding was just more salt in the emotional wound. Ignorance allowed one to fight back with unfettered cruelty. Understanding inspired empathy, which led to guilt, as well as suffering. She looked at Gavin, supine, unconcerned, contented, and thought that perhaps there was something to being a sociopath. If you didn't have a heart, it couldn't be broken. ↗

— Nenia Campbell

#empathy #feelings #feelings-of-weakness #heartbreak #sympathy

My father said this to me: "Israelmore, if you don't make any impact on earth, you will die before you die. But if you impress hearts with what you do, you still live even after you are gone ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#die #do-something #father #fathers-day #hearts

Love and truth are intimately connected. You cannot have pure love without pure truth and you cannot have pure truth without pure love. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #intimacy #love #soulmates

One of the nicest things you can do to kick-start your children’s day is to tell them honestly they look nice as they head out the door. This easy, five-second exchange says to your child: “I see you; I notice you; I love you. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#honesty #joy #kick-start #kindness #love

When two or more hearts unite, anything is possible. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #love #peace

An act of kindness may take only a moment of our time, but when captured in the heart the memory lives forever. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#forever-love #heart #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy

When someone wants to give you a “piece of their mind,” ask them to give you “peace from their heart” instead. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#heart #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #love

When you want your message to be heard, always speak from your heart. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#kindness #speak-from-your-heart #unconditional-love #inspirational

When your footsteps and thoughts carry you down the same path your heart and soul are directing you, you will know without a doubt that you are headed in the right direction. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#heart #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #life-purpose #molly-friedenfeld

Kindness always leaves a timeless deposit on the heart. ↗

— Molly Friedenfeld

#heart #inspiration #inspirational-quotes #joy #kindness