“Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.” FeelsFeelingsInspireSeriousHonorRespectHeightSerious Things Author:Sophie Swetchine
“Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not quite aware--and this honors you--of the historical greatness of your position, that you think too modestly about yourself. Everything you do is destined to be of historic significance. One day, your letters, your decisions, will belong to all mankind, like those of Wagner and Brahms.” ThinkingSometimesFeelingsDecisionMankindPositionGreatnessHonorOne DayLettersHistoricalSignificanceAbout YourselfDestinedHistoricWagnerBrahms Book:A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935 Source: A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935
“when asked, most folks will gladly tell us about ourselves, who we are, what we're feeling, and where we should be heading. And if we don't honor ourselves by listening to our lives, we'll believe them.” IfsShouldBelieveFeelingsOur LivesListeningHonorFolksWho We AreHeadings Author:Susan L. Taylor
“As a direct line to human feeling, empathic experience, genuine language and detail, poetry is everything that headline news is not. It takes us inside situations, helps us imagine life from more than one perspective, honors imagery and metaphor - those great tools of thought - and deepens our confidence in a meaningful world.” WorldHumansHelpingFeelingsPoetryLanguageLinesSituationImaginePerspectiveHonorNewsToolsDirectMetaphorDetailsMeaningfulGenuinePoetry IsImageryHeadlines Author:Naomi Shihab Nye