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"Compassion is essential, but it's not a substitute for self-expression, or self-respect, or self-compassion. Emotional self-care is also essential, but gently soothing our wounds does not replace communicating about them."
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"There are few things more destructive than thoughts believed without question."
Awareness
"As I think of myself, so I shall be."
Identity
"We are like puzzle pieces who are perfectly suited to make a giant picture together, but we are assembling ourselves in the dark."
Connection
"Every person is driven to self-deceive, simply to get out of the discomfort of the truth. The best relationships are with people who will not let you be blind. They reveal your hidden strengths and your concealed wounds."
Relationship
"Compassion is essential, but it's not a substitute for self-expression, or self-respect, or self-compassion. Emotional self-care is also essential, but gently soothing our wounds does not replace communicating about them."
Compassion
"When I'm triggered, I think, "This will last forever" or "What if this lasts forever?" I get thoughts about how I should give up, run away, hide, protect myself. These thoughts, I cannot change. What I can change is how I respond to them. Will I unconditionally believe these ideas, or will I accept them as side effects of the temporary experience of pain? Will I act on each thought that arises in the burning fire, or will I hold myself gently and say, "It'll be okay. I know it hurts. I love you"? My power lies in these choices."
Mindfulness
"The next stage of evolution is the evolution of perception, the evolution of the mind."
Evolution
"Most things that are true are simple. To lose weight, eat less than you burn. To reduce stress, find a job you love. To resolve conflict, be patient and peaceful. These are very, very simple in that they are complete concepts that take no more than a sentence to say. They are not, however, easy, because they must be applied consistently."
Wisdom
"One of the most difficult things I ever did was learn to support myself through my whole range of emotional experiences without running away."
Healing
"Those who love, truly love, can be coerced into nothing."
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"If you despise your people, you will disregard them. If you hate your people, you will harm them. If you esteem your people, you will serve them. If you love your people, you will even die for them."
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"I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water."
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Personal Development
"So bring me this man, trembling and shivering from head to foot; let me fall into his arms or down at his knees; he will weep and we shall weep, he will be eloquent and I shall be comforted, and my heart shall melt into his, he will take my soul, and I his God.But what is this kindly old gentleman to me? And what am I to him? Just one more member of the race of unfortunates, one more shade to go with the many he has seen, one more figure to add to his total of executions."
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Personal Development
"He held out a shaky and worn hand and she met it with one of her young and inexperienced ones."
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Personal Development
"We have to help the one who has fallen, we should not question 'why did you fall?"
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Personal Development
"Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one."
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Personal Development
"He sometimes wondered if she had become involved with him just so that she could cry in someone's arms. Maybe she can't cry alone, and that's why she needs me."
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Personal Development
"To minimize hatred and oppression, our love roots must be deep and solid."
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Personal Development
"Nowhere in the bible did it say, "Only show compassion and empathy to those you can trust." If we did that, we would be burying homeless people every day."
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Personal Development
"Life is never easy for any one. Be gentle with one another."
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