„Our chief want in life, is somebody who shall make us do what we can.“

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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„When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.“
— Helen Keller
„Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„By mortifying vanity we do ourselves no good. It is the want of interest in our life which produces it; by filling up that want of interest in our life we can alone remedy it.“
— Florence Nightingale
„We can see that in putting the question "what is man?" what we mean is: what can man become? That is, can man dominate his own destiny, can he "make himself," can he create his own life? We maintain therefore that man is a process and, more exactly, the process of his actions. If you think about it, the question itself "what is man?" is not an abstract or "objective" question. It is born of our reflection about ourselves and about others, and we want to know, in relation to what we have thought and seen, what we are and what we can become; whether we really are, and if so to what extent, "makers of our own selves," of our life and of our destiny. And we want to know this "today," in the given conditions of today, the conditions of our daily life, not of any life or any man“
— Antonio Gramsci
„We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.“
— Albert Einstein
„It's not Cowardly to make a choice about what you want your life to be. Choosing what's right for you, maybe that's the bravest thing you can do.“
— Cassandra Clare
„To look forward, to want life, means we have to be willing to look backwards and become more conscious of all those who have hurt us, all that is broken in us and that has brought us inner deaths, hurts that we may have hidden and stifled. It means that we acknowledge the story of our origins, of our own lives, see and accept our brokenness and the times we also have hurt others. When we have accepted who we are and what we need in order to grow in compassion and peacemaking, we can move forward to give life. To forgive is a gift of God that permits us to let go of our past hurts.“
— Jean Vanier