Author: Jennifer Sien

“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“In time, we often become one with those we once failed to understand.” – Patti Smith

“The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.” – Amy Poehler

“Compassion is not a relationship between healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we present with the darkness of others.” – Pema Chodron

“Change is one thing. Acceptance is another.” – Arundhati Roy

“Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.” – Confucius

“We do not need to go out and find love; rather, we need to be still and let love discover us.” – John O’Donohue

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmostphere of quiet that true joy can live.” – Bertrand Russell

“Serenity comes from the ability to say ‘yes’ to existence.” – Ayn Rand

“Learn to be quiet enough to hear the sound of the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in other people.” – Marian Wright Edelman