Bessel van der Kolk Quotes
We are a hopeful species. Working with trauma is as much about remembering how we survived as it is about what is broken.
Quotes to Explore
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.
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I have no idea what that is, but yawn, anyway, just on principle. Eat up. Pancakes is brain food. Apparently not grammar food. Wow.You college girls are mean.
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And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside me. And i fall back into it.
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We're always looking for something.
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Well, I won't give up on us, Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up
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There are two indices of genuine art: it is inimitable and it is ineffable.
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The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
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The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.
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Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.
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I and me are always too deeply in conversation.
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He who finds a thought that lets us a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great peace.
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Healthy, well-informed, balanced criticism is the ozone of public life.
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I have no weapon but nonviolence.
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Everything I have to say has already crossed your mind." "Then possibly my answer has crossed yours.
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I'm horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad.
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
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Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to transcend its limitations.
