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"He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely happy. To be near him, to hear him talk as he did talk, and to feel that he thought me worthy to be so spoken to - capable of understanding and duly appreciating such discourse - was enough."
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"I blinked at him just casually talking about my new sex life with his genie-shiny head, and I knew at any second I would break into hysterics."
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"Where there is darkness, there is chaos and confusion, but when light shines, things are set in order and the light rules and governs."
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Personal Development
"I don't want to take away anybody's religion, but simply to make them see what religion really means."
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Personal Development
"Listen to all, believe few, count on some, but trust none."
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Personal Development
"If it is only one thing in life that you have or allowed to discover, then it must be your significance."
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Personal Development
"Every day is exciting when you don't live your life based on religion alone."
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Personal Development
"Don't let a strong wind blow you over, take flight upon it."
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Personal Development
"Create some clear space and then you will know exactly what to do."
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Personal Development
"When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself."
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"As long as the vision is flawed, egoism is evident. Therefore, one has to get rid of the flaws."
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"I'll tell you a piece of news - I hope you have not heard it before: for good, bad, or indifferent, one always likes to be the first to tell."
Communication
"[B]eauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor."
Beauty
"The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking."
Strength
"God is Infinite Wisdom, and Power, and Goodness - and LOVE; but if this idea is too vast for your human faculties - if your mind loses itself in its overwhelming infinitude, fix it on Him who condescended to take our nature upon Him, who was raised to Heaven even in His glorified human body, in whom the fulness of the Godhead shines."
Faith
"Because we cannot conceive that as we grow up our own minds will become so enlarged and elevated that we ourselves shall then regard as trifling those objects and pursuits we now so fondly cherish, and that, though our companions will no longer join us in those childish pastimes, they will drink with us at other fountains of delight, and mingle their souls with ours in higher aims and nobler occupations beyond our present comprehension, but not less deeply relished or less truly good for that, while yet both we and they remain essentially the same individuals as before."
Growth
"I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself ."
Power
"Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe."
Heart
"I gave up hoping...But, still, I would think of him, I would cherish his image in my mind, and treasure every word, look and gesture that memory could retain."
Memory
"It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior."
Mind
"I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one - half his days and mad the other."
Harmony
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