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"Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint."
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"You can only reach God through His creation."
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Personal Development
"The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment He has scattered broadcast...The security we crave would teach us to rest our hearts in this world and oppose an obstacle to our return to God...Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home."
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"Your first words will not only shape your first impression, they can create amazing connections, lead you to your dream job, or help you discover a new best friend-or accomplish exactly the opposite."
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Personal Development
"When we relate with people, we indirectly relate with God."
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Personal Development
"A genuine smile is inviting, contagious, encouraging, and brings joy into the world. It instantly tells others that you are glad to see them, that they are important and you are approachable."
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Personal Development
"Do not stand at a distance and wave hands. Get closer and hug."
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Personal Development
"When you see people smiling, does it give you a sense of connection with them? The law of reciprocity illustrates it is hard to not smile back when someone smiles at you."
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Personal Development
"We're on the same wavelength. We're connected that way, even if I'm away from her."
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Personal Development
"The key problem I encounter working with wounded, depressed, and unhappy people is a lack of connection starting from a disconnection from themselves and then with others. This is why love often becomes so distorted and destructive. When people experience a disconnection from themselves, they feel it but do not realize the problem."
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"Haven't you known people who seem to have a "sixth sense super-power when it comes to connecting, communicating, and understanding others? These emotionally intelligent people always know the right things to say to make us feel that we matter."
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"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."
Poetry
"Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."
Politics
"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."
People
"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."
People
"Action is character."
Action
"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."
Thought
"You can stroke people with words."
People
"My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."
Creativity
"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."
Writing
"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material."
Family
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