6 TED quotes to make you feel like less of a mess

we all have one of those days

“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished.” – Dan Gilbert

“Even at the moment of your failure, right then, you are beautiful. You don’t know it yet, but you have the ability to reinvent yourself endlessly. That’s your beauty.” – Lidia Yuknavitch

 “Have you ever had a conversation with yourself and then suddenly realized you’re a real asshole to yourself?” – Ze Frank

“Mastery is not a commitment to a goal but to a constant pursuit. We thrive not when we’ve done it all, but when we still have more to do.” – Sarah Lewis

 “If you want to live a life free of regret, there is an option open to you. It’s called a lobotomy. But if you want to be fully functional and fully human, you need to learn to live, not without regret, but with it.” – Kathryn Schulz

 

“The only people who don’t experience shame have no capacity for human empathy or connection.” – Brene Brown

 

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Sarah Ebling

          Sarah Ebling holds a professorship in Accessibility Studies at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and is a senior researcher at the University of Zurich. Her research focuses on natural language processing in the context of disabilities and special needs, specifically, sign language technology and automatic text simplification. Her groups’ contributions involve artificial intelligence techniques with a strong emphasis on user involvement. She is involved in various international and national projects and leads a large-scale Swiss innovation initiative entitled „Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies“ (2022-2026; https://www.iict.uzh.ch/).