And love Quote by Bill W

“Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for…

— Honoré de Balzac

“More often than not, the demons of our nature love a recluse; nobody is more vulnerable to himself than the solitary. To imagine that…

— John Burnside

“The shadow of greed, attachment is. What you fear to lose, train yourself to release. Let go of fear, and loss cannot harm you.”

— Terry Brooks

“Every person tries to flee himself—yet despite ourselves, we remain attached to this self which we hate.”

— Titus Lucretius Carus

“Surrendering is unimaginably more dangerous than struggling for survival.”

— Leslie Feinberg

“When we are tempted to give in to despair, to give up to self-indulgence or apathy, we have a place of refuge that will…

— Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

“It is not the unloved who initiate disaffection, but those who cannot love because they love only themselves. It is not the helpless, subject…

— Paulo Freire

If we believe that a person seeking refuge is to be pitied, feared, despised, and looked down upon, we are doing ourselves a disservice.

— Clemantine Wamariya

“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.”

— Gordon Livingston

“Along my journey I have seen the horrors that humans can inflict on one another, but I've also witnessed acts of tenderness and kindness…

— Yeonmi Park

“In coping with the world, we come to identify only with our compensatory selves and our reactive minds. We build up our selves out…

— Mark Epstein

“Nearly always, so as to live at peace with ourselves, we disguise our own impotence and weakness as calculation and policy; it is our…

— Benjamin Constant