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- At the deepest level, the creative process and the healing process arise from a single source. When you are an artist, you are a healer;…
- Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack of respect. Our…
- When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The less time we…
- There are few master teachers in life. ... But there are many who can listen to life so well that they can hear the vastness…
- For many years now I have listened to the stories of people with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses as their counselor. From them I have…
- A human life has seasons much as the earth has seasons, each time with its own particular beauty and power. And gift. By focusing on…
- What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.
- A woman once told me that she did not feel the need to reach out to those around her because she prayed every day. Surely,…
- Freedom is as frightening now as it was thousands of years ago. It will always require a willingness to sacrifice what is most familiar for…
- Everyone alive has suffered. It is the wisdom gained from our wounds and from our own experiences of suffering that makes us able to heal.…
- Until we stop ourselves or, more often, have been stopped, we hope to put certain of life's events "behind us" and get on with our…
- I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we…
- From a good teacher you may learn the secret of listening. You will never learn the secret of life. You will have to listen for…
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- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle