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"I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility."
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"See what love sees. Hear what love hears. Say what love says. Do what love does."

"Compassion brings us closer to each other."

"Be humble to those who praise you, pleasant to those who honor you, kind to those who cherish you, good to those who love you, and generous to those who adore you."

"As your consciousness, refinement and pureness of heart expands you will become less judgmental, less corrective, less reactive, less black-and-white, less critical, less apt to blame and less tormented by others and their faults and views."

"Be compassionate, be kind and, above all, be loving."

"To commune with God is to understand love because God is love."

"Before hurting anyone, especially those who cannot protect themselves, feel their pain with your heart. Take care of them as your little child."

"Light up the radiant flame of conscience, goodwill and compassion in your heart, and go over the length and breadth of your society in the pursuit of shedding light over the whole world. And in time, you'll become a glorious sun that will shine over the entire human population."

"He is ugly and sad... but he is all love."

"Jesus was never indifferent to the issues of the people in His day."
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"You can't memorize poetry and stay a fake. Sooner or later, you start to understand what these poets are saying, and it makes you feel life has something quite special, with certain layers of meaning to it."

"All this gave way to my first encounter with guilt, which is still something entirely inscrutable to me, as if aliens were sending transmissions from another planet, telling me there is a right and a wrong in the universe."

"But love doesn't control, and I suppose that's why it's the ultimate risk. In the end, we have to hope the person we're giving our heart to won't break it, and be willing to forgive them when they do, even as they will forgive us. Real love stories don't have dictators, they have participants. Love is an ever-changing, complicated, choose-your-own adventure narrative that offers the world but guarantees nothing. When you climb a mountain or sail an ocean, you're rewarded for staying in control. Perhaps that's another reason true intimacy is so frightening. It's the one thing we all want, and must give up control to get."

"The trouble with deep belief is that it costs something And there is something inside me, some selfish beast of a subtle thing that doesn't like the truth at all because it carries responsibility, and if I actually believe these things I have to do something about them. It is so, so cumbersome to believe anything. And it isn't cool."

"Life no longer felt meaningless. It felt stressful and terrifying, but it definitely didn't feel meaningless."

"Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life."

"Perhaps one of the reasons I've avoided standing on the point toward the horizon is the second you stand up and point toward a horizon, you realize how much there is to lose."
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