I put a human context around the things that I believed.
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What was wrong was never understood and what was right never lasted.
I am homesick for a place I am not sure even exists. One where my heart is full. My body loved. And my soul understood.
In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.
You know, we have little bits of understanding, glimpses, a little bit of light here and there, but there’s a tremendous amount of darkness, which is a challenge. I think life would be pretty boring if we understood everything. It’s better if we don’t understand anything… and know that we don’t, tha…
Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.
We don’t exist unless there is someone who can see us existing, what we say has no meaning until someone can understand, while to be surrounded by friends is constantly to have our identity confirmed; their knowledge and care for us have the power to pull us from our numbness
Swallow your pride, you will not die, it’s not poison.
The difficult thing isn’t living with other people, it’s understanding them.
You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Relationships don’t always make sense. Especially from the outside.
I don’t think that people accept the fact that life doesn’t make sense. I think it makes people terribly uncomfortable.
I sympathise with everybody, damn it, and see why they are the way they are.
The unfolding of the bare human soul, that is what interests me.
You’ve got to love yourself with all your shortcomings, and you’ve got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.
Imperfect understanding is often more dangerous than ignorance.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
I do not know everything; still many things I understand.
I never wish to be easily defined.