“Self-realization doesn't imply loss, gain, even transition; it's only a settling. The separate sounds on the beach, the birds, the waves, the wind. They all come together again, they blend, they harmonize.” SelfTogetherSoundLossWindBirdGainsWaveSelf RealizationRealizationBeachSettlingTransitionHinduismTogether Again Author:Frederick Lenz
“I came to the realization that I had failed in some respects because I had been more of a benevolent narrator than the world I saw reflected around me, and in the lives of the people in my community, and in my family. There was no benevolent God sparing us pain and loss and grief and struggle. If I was going to continue to write about the place where I am from, and the kind of people who live in my community and who are in my family, I owed it to them to be honest with what our lives are like.” PeopleWorldWritingKindPainCommunityLossGriefStruggleHonestMy FamilyRealizationBeing HonestBenevolent Author:Jesmyn Ward
“Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.” TryingHumansLossFiguresAccomplishMissionsRealizationHuman LifeMinimum Author:Norman Schwarzkopf
“It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a period—days or weeks—without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a thunderclap, the realization would rip the protective coating from my senses. Maybe that's the way it is with trick knees and aging griefs. Totally pain free one moment and absorbingly painful the next.” WaySometimesMomentsFeelingsPainNextLossGriefWeekPeriodsAgingPainfulSensesTricksRealizationKneesUnexpectedRipProtective Book:Morning is a long time coming Source: Morning is a long time coming