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"Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth."
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"You can only reach God through His creation."
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"The Christian doctrine of suffering explains, I believe, a very curious fact about the world we live in. The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment He has scattered broadcast...The security we crave would teach us to rest our hearts in this world and oppose an obstacle to our return to God...Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home."
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"Your first words will not only shape your first impression, they can create amazing connections, lead you to your dream job, or help you discover a new best friend-or accomplish exactly the opposite."
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"When we relate with people, we indirectly relate with God."
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"A genuine smile is inviting, contagious, encouraging, and brings joy into the world. It instantly tells others that you are glad to see them, that they are important and you are approachable."
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"Do not stand at a distance and wave hands. Get closer and hug."
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"When you see people smiling, does it give you a sense of connection with them? The law of reciprocity illustrates it is hard to not smile back when someone smiles at you."
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"We're on the same wavelength. We're connected that way, even if I'm away from her."
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"The key problem I encounter working with wounded, depressed, and unhappy people is a lack of connection starting from a disconnection from themselves and then with others. This is why love often becomes so distorted and destructive. When people experience a disconnection from themselves, they feel it but do not realize the problem."
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"Haven't you known people who seem to have a "sixth sense super-power when it comes to connecting, communicating, and understanding others? These emotionally intelligent people always know the right things to say to make us feel that we matter."
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"Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance!"
Work
"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools."
Fool
"Pearls mean tears."
Symbolism
"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion."
Change
"A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer."
Thought
"In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better."
Writing
"That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way."
Life
"It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction."
Truth
"There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be."
Law
"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."
Love
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