Ninth Beatitude Quotes & Sayings

Mental illness doesn't cause abusiveness any more than alcohol does. What happens is rather that the man's psychiatric problem interacts with his abusiveness to form a volatile combination. If he is severely depressed, for example, he may stop caring about the consequences his actions may cause him to suffer, which can increase the danger that he will decide to commit a serious attack against his partner or children. A mentally ill abuser has two separate - though interrelated - problems, just as the alcoholic or drug-addicted one does. — Lundy Bancroft

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude. — Alexander Pope

is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed' was the ninth beatitude." Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet — Robert Courtade

There's a lot more to being a woman than being 18 years old on the cover of Maxim magazine. — Beth Broderick

To be vulnerable, and it's only in being vulnerable that we can be fully loved. — Emily T. Wierenga

I suppose you could even argue that the very act of telling a story is an act of faith... — Kim Wright

Make me a beautiful word for doing things tomorrow; for that surely is a great and blessed invention. — George Bernard Shaw

As far as the Jews were concerned, Hitler's only 'prayer' was that they be wiped off the face of the earth, — Efraim Zuroff