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It is therefore of supreme importance that we consent to live not for ourselves but for others. When we do this we will be able first of all to face and accept our own limitations. As long as we secretly adore ourselves, our own deficiencies will remain to torture us with an apparent defilement. But if we live for others, we will gradually discover that no expects us to be 'as gods'. We will see that we are human, like everyone else, that we all have weaknesses and deficiencies, and that these limitations of ours play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and others need us. We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself for the lack in another. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#compassion #inspirational #inspirational

Every time I think about that girl, my mind commits a sin. ↗

— Jake Vander Ark

#coming-of-age #perfection #puppy-love #age

It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn't going anywhere, it wasn't going to desert her now. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#inspirational #inspirational

Play to win, not "not to lose". ↗

— Dondi Scumaci

#inspiration #inspirational

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#become #care #does #globalization #must

A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

#come #faith #feel #find #hope

The King once said to me, 'Harold, you stand above all other men.' I said, 'No, Sire. I want nothing more than to stand shoulder to shoulder with my men. I am nothing without them. ↗

— Elizabeth Alder

#comradeship #friendship #people #friendship

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? ↗

— Russell Hoban

#come #down #even #how #language

The Ed Hardy man is confident with a strong sense of personal style. He is not afraid to be seen and take risks. He enjoys comfort and flexible style, yet he wants to stand apart from the crowd. ↗

— Christian Audigier

#apart #comfort #confident #crowd #ed

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work. ↗

— Berthold Auerbach

#completion #dissatisfaction #every #feels #forms