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"Ruin and recovery are both from within."
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"If someone hurts you, he is hurting himself. He may not be able to escape that hurt in his lifetime."
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"The truth of life is that almost all that we achieve through pain is the best medicine for us, as most drugs are bitter."
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"I have heard that Paganism is for broken people, but life cracks everyone in some way. We are a religion of healing people."
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"Sorrow is an opportunity to appreciate happiness."
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"We learn from pain that some of the things we thought were castles turn out to be prisons, and we desperately want out, but even though we built them, we can't find the door. Yet maybe if you ask God for help in knowing which direction to face, you'll have a moment of intuition. Maybe you'll see at least one next right step you can take."
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"When we rest, our energy is restored."
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Personal Development

"Your suffering needs to be respected. Don't try to ignore the hurt, because it is real. Just let the hurt soften you instead of hardening you. Let the hurt open you instead of closing you. Let the hurt send you looking for those who will accept you instead of hiding from those who reject you."
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"Focusing your energy on the things you don't like about yourself is self-sabotage and defeating. When you re-direct all that energy into a more positive direction, you will feel the shift instantly to improve your self-esteem and attitude."
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"Five truly effective prescriptions to remedy a bad day. (You can't overdose.)-Pray; discuss your troubles with God.-List your blessings. (The blue sky, soft cookies, warm socks, etc.)-Call your mom.-Visit an animal shelter and hug a lonely cat.-Visit a nursing home and hug a lonely grandparent."
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"It hurt to be wounded. But healing begins with forgiveness."
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"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope."
Hope

"It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting."
Wisdom

"You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself."
Success

"Is it not the same distance to God everywhere?"
Spiritual

"Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public."
Leadership

"On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use."
Philosophy

"A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it."
Society

"Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents."
Education

"Why do you want to read anyway " for the sake of amusement or mere erudition? Those are poor, fatuous pretexts. Reading should serve the goal of attaining peace; if it doesn't make you peaceful, what good is it?"
Learning

"Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world."
Happiness
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