Elstein Friedman Quotes & Sayings

Above all, God is love and His plan is simple; to exist in the experience of love. Since love must be expressed and received, He put in place this reality to achieve His goal. — Michelle Carbotte

I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree, whose loneliness was relieved by the grotesque visions with which, owing to bodily weakness, his diseased imagination surrounded him, and which he believed to be real. So also, owing to bodily and mental health and strength, we may be continually cheered by a like but more normal and natural society, and come to know that we are never alone. — Henry David Thoreau

I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a child. — Sarah Fielding

You know, since the reviews have come out and people have reacted to it, I've realized that is in a sense what has happened. But as I was writing them, I didn't feel a part of any tradition. I think that would have been too overwhelming, in a sense. — Jhumpa Lahiri

When I see people of my likeness, or who are somebody that I feel connected to, doing something great, I fee like I can do it. It gives me some hope and vision. — Common

It doesn't make sense to dwell on things you can't do anything about. — Cinda Williams Chima