Naoki Higashida Quotes

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• I've learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive…
• But when I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the sky…
• True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect.
• Normal people think we're highly dependent and can't live without ongoing support, but in fact there are times when we're stoic heroes.
• We get swallowed up by the illusion that unless we can find a place to belong, we are going to be all alone in the…
• Just by looking at nature, I feel as if I'm being swallowed up into it, and in that moment I get the sensation that my…
• Can you imagine how your life would be if you couldn't talk?
• The thought that our lives are the source of other people's unhappiness, that's plain unbearable.
• People with autism never, ever feel at ease, wherever we are. Because of this, we wander off - or run away - in search of…
• Everybody has a heart that can be touched by something.
• On our own we simply don't know how to get things done the same way you do things. But, like everyone else, we want to…
• But I ask you, those of you who are with us all day, not to stress yourselves out because of us. When you do this,…
• When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details follow on. But…
• Criticizing people, winding them up, making idiots of them or fooling them doesn't make people with autism laugh. What makes us smile from the inside…

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