Ekklesia Eugene Quotes & Sayings

As connected as we are with technology, it's also removed us from having to have human connection, made it more convenient to not be intimate. — Sandra Bullock

I think the only way to properly face doom is to be on time. — Jennifer DuBois

Self-understanding is crucial for understanding another person; self-love is crucial for loving others. When you've understood your suffering, you suffer less, and you are capable of understanding another person's suffering much more easily. When you can recognize the suffering in the other person and see how that suffering came about, compassion arises. You no longer have the desire to punish or blame the other person. You can listen deeply, and when you speak there is compassion and understanding in your speech. The person with whom you're speaking will feel much more comfortable, because there is understanding and love in your voice. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Just as a man carrying on his head a load of wood that has caught fire would go rushing to a pond to quench the flames, even so will the seeker of truth, scorched by the fires of life - birth, death, self-deluding futility - go rushing to a teacher wise to the ways of the things that matter most. — Huston Smith

Taking good care of yourself means the people in your life receive the best of you rather than what is left of you. — Lucille Zimmerman

However imperfectly, subsidies for the poor do actually reduce hunger, ease suffering and create opportunity, while subsidies for the rich result in more private jets and yachts. Would we rather subsidize opportunity or yachts? Which kind of subsidies deserve more scrutiny? — Nicholas Kristof

He who knows what best to omit is the best teacher. — Otto Neurath