“When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do. ”
– Rachel Naomi Remen
“When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do. ”
– Rachel Naomi Remen
“You need to decide whether you’re willing to risk being hurt, plain and simple. You can go for it and have a wonderful relationship. Or you might go for it and crash and burn brilliantly. It’s up to you if you want to take that risk, up to you if it’s worth it or not.”
– Erin McCarthy, Hard and Fast
“Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.”
– M. Scott Peck
“There is a time for risky love. There is a time for extravagant gestures. There is a time to pour out your affections on one you love. And when the time comes – seize it, don’t miss it.”
– Max Lucado
“Love is not something you protect. It’s something you risk.”
– Gayle Forman, Just One Year
“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Manon, Ballerina