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- Perhaps we can only truly serve those we are willing to touch, not only with our hands but with our hearts and even our souls.…
- Deep inside, our integrity sings to us whether we are listening or not. It is a note that only we can hear. Eventually, when life…
- 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…
- The worst thing that happens in life is not death. The worst thing would be to miss it. . . . I think the great…
- I have no idea about what death is, but because I have been in association with it so intimately, I have a much greater sense…
- There are few master teachers in life. ... But there are many who can listen to life so well that they can hear the vastness…
- Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us.
- I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to be…
- In order to live fully we may need to look deeply at our own suffering and at the suffering of others. In the depths of…
- Suffering shapes the life force, sometimes into anger, sometimes into blame and self-pity. Eventually it may show us the wisdom of embracing and loving life.
- Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there…
- We bless the life around us far more than we realize. Many simple, ordinary things that we do can affect those around us in profound…
- Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar…
- 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…
- In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut the impermanence which is our greatest strength,…
- 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…
- Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge.
- Life is as complex as we are. Sometimes our vulnerability is our strength, our fear develops our courage, and our woundedness is the road to…
- It is said that the Christian mystic Theresa of Avila found difficulty at first in reconciling the vastness of the life of the spirit with…
- Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns. Life asks of us the same thing we have been asked in every class: "Stay…
- Many people do not know that they can strengthen or diminish the life around them. The way we live day to day simply may not…
- Befriending life is less a matter of knowledge than a question of wisdom. It is not about mastering life, controlling it or exerting our will…
- Befriending the life in others is sometimes a complex matter. There are times when we offer our strength and protection, but these are usually only…
- Most of us encounter a great deal more Mystery than we are willing to experience. Sometimes knowing life requires us to suspend disbelief, to recognize…
- Mystery has great power. In the many years I have worked with people with cancer, I have seen Mystery comfort people when nothing else can…
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle