Love is more than simply being open to experiencing the anguish of another person's suffering. It is the willingness to live with the helpless knowing that we can do nothing to save the other from his pain. (23) Sheldon B. Kopp More Quotes by Sheldon B. Kopp More Quotes From Sheldon B. Kopp I have long trusted dreams as prophetic visions. I do not mean that they foretell the future, only that they illuminate the present, when my eyes are closed, so that I may see clearly. Sheldon B. Kopp eye dream mean Sometimes life seems like a poorly designed cage within which man has been sentenced to be free. Sheldon B. Kopp cages sometimes men It is not possible to know how much is just enough, until we have experienced how much is more than enough. (64) Sheldon B. Kopp know-how enough knows For a long time now I have trusted my dreaming self as wiser than that waking self whose head is cluttered with reason and practicalities, so busy trying to control things that he sometimes forgets that the heart has reasons that reason does not know. When I dream, I never forget to trust myself. Sheldon B. Kopp self dream heart Each person's only hope for improving his lot rests on recognizing the true nature of his or her basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming who he or she really is. Sheldon B. Kopp knowing-who-you-are becoming personality Openness to my own dreams puts me in touch with the oldest, most human aspects of who I am; it helps me find my place in the community of man. Sheldon B. Kopp who-i-am dream men Dreams provide a kind of wisdom of the heart, an echoing voice of a profound human sensitivity too often lost to us in the reasonable life of days. Sheldon B. Kopp voice dream heart One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is. Sheldon B. Kopp choose-life chosen All of the truly important battles are waged within the self. (7) Sheldon B. Kopp important self courage