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| As I look at my nation, I am generally impressed by the physical courage of its citizenry but distressed by the lack of intellectual or moral courage. I think this is important because most quotes about bravery refer to physical courage. Yet if my nation is to go down the tubes, I suspect it will be more because of a deficit in its intellectual bravery. | | Uncategorized | |
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| It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. | | Growing up | |
| Life is difficult. This is the great truth, one of the greatest truths—it is a great truth because once we see this truth, we transcend it. | | Uncategorized | |
| Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. . . . love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.....true love is an act of will that often transcends ephemeral feelings of love or cathexis, it is correct to say, 'Love is as love does'. | | Love; Will | |
| Love is the will to extend one's self-in order to nuture-one's own or another's spiritual growth. | | Uncategorized | |
| Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love. | | Love | |
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| Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit. | | Uncategorized | |
| Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. | | Uncategorized | |
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| The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. | | Uncategorized | |
| The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is basically a joyful one. | | Uncategorized | |
| The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. | | Uncategorized | |
| The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost. | | Uncategorized | |
| There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community. | | Uncategorized | |
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| Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. | | Value | |
| We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness. | | Uncategorized | |
| We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them. | | Uncategorized | |
