“It’s surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.”
"Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else’s pain is as meaningful as your own."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Compassion
"Because nothing wondrous can come in this world unless it rests on the shoulders of kindness."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Compassion
"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Hope
"Hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Hope
"Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning."
- Barbara Kingsolver
Hope
"We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Vision is not what your eyes see, but an image that your brain comprehends."
- Touko Aozaki
Insight
"The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits."
- Albert Einstein
Insight
"Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring: ‘How to Build a Boat.’"
- Steven Wright
Insight
"The shell of an oyster only hides the pearl inside."
- Jack
Insight