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1 " We are responsible not only for what we do, but also for what we fail to do. "
― Jan-Philipp Sendker , A Well-Tempered Heart (The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, #2)
2 " It is our own flaws that we are least ready to forgive in others. "
3 " To forgive, one must love and be loved. Only those who forgive can be free. Whoever forgives is a prisoner no more. "
4 " Is it true that we can count the moments in which something really happens in our lives? Do we notice it right away, or only in hindsight? "
5 " We wish to be loved as we ourselves would love. Any other way makes us uncomfortable. "
6 " What do violent individuals fear most? Violence? I should say not! By what do the cruel and selfish feel most threatened? All of them fear nothing as much as they fear love. "
7 " What are people with guns most afraid of? Other people with guns? No! What do violent individuals fear most? Violence? I should say not! By what do the cruel and selfish feel most threatened? All of them fear nothing as much as they fear love. "
8 " The world was full of signs. One needed only to know how to see and interpret them. "
9 " How many times must we be loved in order to be happy? "
10 " According to her we are each our own greatest mystery, and our life’s work is to solve ourselves. None of us ever succeeds, she says, but it is our duty to follow the trail. Regardless of how long it is or where it might "
11 " Not all truths are explicable. Not all explicable things are true. "
12 " Why do we so often put off the things that matter most to us? "
13 " We often discover only many years later whether life and the stars were smiling upon us or not. Life can take the most surprising turns. What "
14 " In the hell of the well-intentioned.” That was how he referred to the charity balls my mother helped organize. "
15 " By how many people must we be loved in order to be happy? Two? Five? Ten? Or maybe only one? The one who gives us sight. Who takes away fear. Who breathes meaning into our existence. There "
16 " What’s more, they had taught him to be friendly and helpful to others. Not because he owed it to them. Because he owed it to himself. "
17 " There are moments that we simply cannot endure. They transform us into someone else. "
18 " Every step we take leaves a trace. "
19 " Loneliness is the most severe punishment. We are not built to handle it. I "
20 " Images can fade. Sounds and smells disappear from our memory. But our heart forgets nothing. A child’s soul knows everything. "
