Search results for “self compassion”
The Invention of Empathy: Rilke, Rodin, and the Art of “Inseeing”
How a doctor, a philosopher, a poet, and a sculptor co-created the modern concept of empathy.
Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another
“If we are to live in harmony with ourselves and with nature, we need to be able to communicate freely in a creative movement in which no one permanently holds to or otherwise defends his own ideas.”
May Sarton on Anger as Creativity in Reverse and a Safety Valve Against Madness
“The fierce tension in me, when it is properly channeled, creates the good tension for work. But when it becomes unbalanced I am destructive.”
Eudora Welty on the Difficult Art of Seeing Each Other and the Power of Photography as a Dignifying Force
“If exposure is essential, still more so is the reflection. Insight doesn’t happen often on the click of the moment, like a lucky snapshot, but comes in its own time and more slowly and from nowhere but within.”
Just-Like-That Mind: A Great Zen Teacher on Navigating Loss and Grief
“Name and form are made by thinking. Water does not say, ‘I am water.’ Steam does not say, ‘I am steam.’”
Why Our Partners Drive Us Mad: Alain de Botton to the Central Challenge of Human Relationships and How to Heal It
“We believe we are seeking happiness in love, but what we are really after is familiarity.”
Finding Poetry in Other Lives: James Baldwin on Shakespeare, Language as a Tool of Love, and the Poet’s Responsibility to a Divided Society
“The greatest poet in the English language found his poetry where poetry is found: in the lives of the people. He could have done this only through love — by knowing… that whatever was happening to anyone was happening to him.”
The Power Paradox: The Surprising and Sobering Science of How We Gain and Lose Influence
“We rise in power and make a difference in the world due to what is best about human nature, but we fall from power due to what is worst.”
The New Better Off: Courtney Martin on Reimagining Our Ethos of Success and Reclaiming Our Sense of “Enough”
“That’s the thing about success… it’s only satisfying if it’s defined by you and influenced most deeply by the people you love and trust.”
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