Being there Quote by Fernando Pessoa

“Each of us is several, is man, is a profusion of selves. So that the self who disdains his surroundings is not the same…

— Pascal Mercier

“Each of us is several, is many, is a profusion of selves. So that the self who disdains his surroundings is not the same…

— Fernando Pessoa

“Whether people are beautiful and friendly or unattractive and disruptive, ultimately they are human beings, just like oneself. Like oneself, they want happiness and…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“The feeling is one born of a too easy satisfaction of natural needs. The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount…

— Bertrand Russell

“It's somewhat bizarre to learn that many of you think that other humans are somehow different enough to be hated and killed when in…

— Jasper Fforde

“As we have likely recognized by now, no two snowflakes, trees, or animals are alike. No two people are the same, either. Everything has…

— Benjamin Hoff

“Said by Colin the dragon: "It's somewhat bizarre to learn that many of you (humans)think that other humans are somehow different enough to be…

— Jasper Fforde

If we do not respect ourselves, we are on the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort…

— Joan Didion

“In this world, all qualities spring from preferring the wellbeing of others to our own, whereas frustrations, confusion, and pain result from selfish attitudes.…

— Dalai Lama XIV

“First, we must see that our negative actions arise due to prejudice and erroneous judgments. The discrimination that labels some as 'friends' and others…

— Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru

We are all more similar than we usually realize. So much of the suffering we do in our life is because of obsession with…

— Michael Adam Hamilton

“ I think, therefore I am is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches. I feel, therefore I am is a truth much…

— Milan Kundera