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The person who loves his life will lose it: it could not be otherwise, for to love one's life is a fundamental… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
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Here and there it happened in my practice that a patient grew beyond himself because of unknown potentialities, and this became an… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
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Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
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You can't go to church without praying ten or fifteen times for God to have mercy on you. You can't sing "Amazing… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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Self must be denied as to time and attention for prayer. All-prayer cannot be wielded without the expenditure of time. "A minute… — Walter J Chantry Copy Share Image
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Communing with God is communing with our own hearts, our own best selves, not with something foreign and accidental. Saints and devotees… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
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