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"Even as children they had been good in fact, but also in order to be seen as good. There was something disturbingly like hypocrisy about it all..."
Psychology

"There's a patter in these Commandments of setting things apart so that their holiness will be perceived. Every day is holy, but the Sabbath is set apart so that the holiness of time can be experienced. Every human being is worthy of honor, but the conscious discipline of honor is learned from this setting apart of the mother and father, who usually labor and are heavy laden, and may be cranky or stingy or ignorant or overbearing. Believe me, I know this can be a hard Commandment to keep. But I believe also that the rewards of obedience are great, because at the root of real honor is always the sense of the sacredness of the person who is its object."
Philosophy

"She knew there were words so terrible you heard them with your whole body. Guilty. And there were voices to say them. She knew there were people you might almost trust who would hear them, too, and be amazed, and still not really hear them because they know they were not the ones the words were spoken to."
Psychology

"What if good institutions were in fact the product of good intentions? What if the cynicism that is supposed to be rigor and the acquisitiveness that is supposed to be realism are making us forget the origins of the greatness we lay claim to - power and wealth as secondary consequences of the progress of freedom, or, as Whitman would prefer, Democracy?"
Society

"She knew that was not an honest prayer, and she did not linger over it. The right prayer would have been, Lord . . . I am miserable and bitter at heart, and old fears are rising up in me so that everything I do makes everything worse."
Spiritual

"When I see a man or woman alone, he or she looks mysterious to me, which is only to say that for a moment I see another human being clearly."
Relationship

"In that eternity of his, where everybody will be happy, how could he feel the lack of her, the loss of her?"
Emotion

"I should leave, she told herself once or twice, to savor the thought of their surprise, their regret. What a childish idea. Then Jack would leave, no doubt, so that should would come back, as she would have to do, and her father would be plunged in sorrow of which she was directly the cause, and which would not end in this life."
Emotion

"She kept saying, "My husband will be back soon. He went for help. He'll be back." But that's the kind of lie people tell sometimes when they got only strangers to rely on. There's shame in that, so people lie."
Behavior

"I experience religious dread whenever I find myself thinking that I know the limits of God's grace, since I am utterly certain it exceeds any imagination a human being might have of it. God does, after all, so love the world."
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"Love nature as if it is your own garden of love."
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"Nourish yourself with the water of love to grow flowers of happiness in the garden of your heart."
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Personal Development

"Live is not about constantly fighting to keep someone in your life. It is about constantly fighting for a better life together."
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Personal Development

"Love has power in it; it can melt any heart, if your love is true and divine."
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Personal Development

"When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them."
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Personal Development

"Be brave. Be kind. Be simple. Above all, be crazy with love."
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Personal Development

"The human race should learn from dogs about the enormous power of love."
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Personal Development

"Love is the ultimate power. Never forget to use it to win over your enemies."
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Personal Development

"Be the God or goddess of love and love everyone."
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Personal Development

"Love is a spiritual soul."
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Personal Development
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