Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection

Quote by John Powell

Topics: Mankind Quotes

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Communication works for those who work at it.

Communication works for those who work at it.

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than...

Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than...

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them...

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them...

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease...

Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

Laughter relaxes. And relaxation is spiritual.

Laughter relaxes. And relaxation is spiritual.

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the...

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with...

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with...

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me...

I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me...

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows.

Laughter and orgasm are great bedfellows.

Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at...

Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at...