“It doesn't matter that Cathy was what I have called a monster. Perhaps we can't understand Cathy, but on the other hand we are capable of many things in all directions, of great virtues and great sins. And who in his mind has not probed the black water?” MindMatterHandsBlackWaterSinVirtueCapableMonstersCathy Book:East of Eden Source: East of Eden
“We are capable of suffering with our world, and that is the true meaning of compassion. It enables us to recognize our profound interconnectedness with all beings. Don't ever apologize for crying for the trees burning in the Amazon or over the waters polluted from mines in the Rockies. Don't apologize for the sorrow, grief, and rage you feel. It is a measure of your humanity and your maturity. It is a measure of your open heart, and as your heart breaks open there will be room for the world to heal. That is what is happening as we see people honestly confronting the sorrows of our time.” PeopleWorldFeelsHeartSufferingHumanityWaterRoomsGriefCompassionBreakTreeCryMinesSorrowCapableHappeningsProfoundRageHonestlyHealBurningMaturityOur TimeOur WorldApologizingAmazonHeart BreakConfrontingOpen HeartInterconnectednessTrue Meaning Author:Joanna Macy
“What a man can do and suffer is unknown to himself till some occasion presents itself which draws out the hidden power. Just as one sees not in the water of an unruffled pond the fury and roar with which it can dash down a steep rock without injury to itself, or how high it is capable of rising; or as little as one can suspect the latent heat in ice-cold water.” MenLittlesSufferingWaterCan DoRocksColdCapableDrawsIceOccasionsHeatRisingInjurySuspectsFuryPondsLatentSteepCold Water Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“God is like the ocean and we're like that glass of water. We try to sustain life and do all that the source tells us that we are capable of doing, but if we do it alone, we wither away and collapse instead.” IfsTryingWaterSourceOceanCapableGlassesCollapse Author:Wayne Dyer