Action Quote by C. S. Lewis

Literary experience heals the wound, without undermining the privilege, of individuality.

— Anonymous

But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see…

— Anonymous

“The man who is contented to be only himself, and therefore less a self, is in prison. My own eyes are not enough for…

— C.S. Lewis

Literature helps us transcend ourselves.

— Mohsin Hamid

“You are right in your consciousness that we are all echoes and reverberations of the same, and you are noble when your interest and…

— Henry James

Experience enables me to depose to the comfort and blessing that literature can prove in seasons of sickness and sorrow.

— Thomas Hood

“I find myself drawn to literature more now than in the past; not the individual works as much as the idea of literature—the heroic…

— Ruth Ozeki

“Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but also to…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Healing happens when you honor who you really are and take advantage of this deeper knowledge to address all aspects of your being.”

— Catherine Carrigan

“Each person is born with an unencumbered spot, free of expectation and regret, free of ambition and embarrassment, free of fear and worry; an…

— Mark Nepo

“For love to flourish, the light of your presence needs to be strong enough so that you no longer get taken over by the…

— Eckhart Tolle

“No one would take me just as I was, no one loved me; I shall love myself enough, I thought, to make up for…

— Simone de Beauvoir