“I can see now how deeply God's absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was this long fall that pride and fear and self-love at once protected me from and subjected me to.... For if grace woke me to God's presence in the world and in my heart, it also woke me to his absence. I never truly felt the pain of unbelief until I began to believe.” IfsWorldBelieveHeartLongI CanSelfPainFallFeltGracePrideSelf LoveMy HeartAbsenceUnconsciousAffectedProtectedUnbeliefGod's Presence Author:Christian Wiman
“The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected by our actions are included within the circle of altruism. This means that all beings with the capacity to feel pleasure or pain should be included; we can improve their welfare by increasing their pleasures and diminishing their pains.” FeelsShouldMeanActionPainPleasureCapacityCirclesWelfareAffectedExpansionAltruismStoppingOur Actions Book:The expanding circle: ethics and sociobiology Source: The expanding circle: ethics and sociobiology
“Some young people do not sufficiently understand the advantages of natural charms, and how much they would gain by trusting to them entirely. They weaken these gifts of heaven, so rare and fragile, by affected manners and an awkward imitation. Their tones and their gait are borrowed; they study their attitudes before the glass until they have lost all trace of natural manner, and, with all their pains, they please but little.” PeopleLittlesPainYoungLostHeavenNaturalAttitudeStudyPleaseGainsAdvantageGlassesMannersToneCharmAffectedFragileAwkwardImitationBorrowedGait Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.” WantBelieveReasonPainHurtSituationExperienceAngerShameAngryGuiltUpsetAffectedNegativityHolding OnGlue Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.” FeelsSoulPainMy SoulInjuryAffectedDespiseStoic Author:Alexandra David-Neel
“Choose something you are passionate about - or a pain point that has affected you and that you feel really needs to be changed.” NeedsFeelsPainChangedPassionateAffected Author:Jeremy Stoppelman