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"It is our beliefs, more than our experiences, that determine life's possibilities."
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"If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself."
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"Decide on what you think is right and stick to it."
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"God desires that through us the ones who do not know him will be convinced."
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"I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence."
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"We tend to listen to the people who believe in their own words as opposed to those who don't. When we feel their conviction, they earn our buy-in."
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"The problem with holiness is that once we look into the face of it we are no longer capable of taking that which is odious and filthy and somehow pretending that it's translucent and clean. In other words, we have to do one of the most revolting things possible; we have to face ourselves."
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"If you truly have faith in your convictions, then your convictions should be able to stand criticism and testing."
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"If you are willing to kill for your beliefs, you are a murderer; if you are willing to die for your beliefs, you are a martyr."
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"It's not atheists who get stuck in my caw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for awhile. We all must pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we... But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as means of transportation."
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"A man convinced against his will, stands opposed ever still. A man convinced he is right, gives the effort twice the fight."
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"Showing up begins long before you stand at the start. Prove yourself an exception in a world where people talk more than act. Intent without follow-through is hollow. Disappoint yourself enough times and empty is how you feel. Make yourself proud. Fill yourself up. Show up."
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"Forgive someone today. Especially if that someone is you."
Mindfulness
"Like flowers blooming through cement,we, too, can grow beyond our cracks."
Resilience
"Embrace those parts of yourself that you've skillfully avoided until now. That's your true adventure."
Self
"The cruise was the conduit for what would become my third book. While I was traveling and writing for ctnow.com, women across the United States and from the Caribbean emailed not to ask about my geographic journey but my existential one. "How do you find the courage to travel on your own? they wondered. "How do you keep from getting lonely? Don't you feel self-conscious eating out alone? After the first 30 emails like these I thought, There's a book here. It would be eight years before I published Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road. But the inspiration for publication came during the cruise."
Art
"When actors encounter a mishap during a stage performance,they transform it for good purpose by employing a technique called,"use the difficulty. How can you "use the difficulty in your life?"
Philosophy
"New insights from being present are a gift."
Presence
"Risk: no full life occurs without it."
Philosophy
"From the depths of your well, tap your will."
Will
"As you consider your next move, practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for "instructions."
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