Able Quote by Beat Streuli

“We are, on earth, two distinct races. Those who have need of others, whom others amuse, engage soothe, whom solitude harasses, pains, stupefies, like…

— Guy de Maupassant

When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to fear and…

— John O'Donohue

In the depths of the human soul... the desire to give meaning to one's own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty…

— Pope John Paul II

Each of us does, in effect, strike a series of deals or compromises between the wants and longings of the inner self, and an…

— Maggie Scarf

The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very…

— Anthony Minghella

“If the boundaries of the self are defined by what we feel, then those who cannot feel even for themselves shrink within their own…

— Rebecca Solnit

Whatever you wish to experience in your own lifetime, cause another to experience in theirs. What you bring to another, you bring to the…

— Neale Donald Walsch

“When we create a life based on what we think we are supposed to do rather than from our own heart's desire, we always…

— HeatherAsh Amara

“Going beyond our ordinary concept of self is what always brings us the greatest sense of joy in life. Going beyond our own boundaries…

— Cynthia Sue Larson

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.

— Iris Murdoch

A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in…

— Eric Hoffer

“In our relationships with others, we need to remain free, without becoming what they want us to be, despite ourselves, with no enslavement to…

— Erik Pevernagie