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- All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a…
- Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be despised, denied, or…
- To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments,…
- The more you are called to speak for God's love, the more you will need to deepen the knowledge of that love in your own…
- For as long as you can remember, you have been a pleaser, depending on others to give you an identity. You need not look at…
- We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.
- No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond…
- Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery…
- The Question is not how much are you going to accomplish? Or can you show some results? But are you in love with Jesus? In…
- Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest…
- The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus always comes to…
- When I trust deeply that today God is truly with me and holds me safe in a divine embrace, guiding every one of my steps…
- We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need…
- One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity…
- I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger…
- The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently…
- To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly from any need…
- Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive…
- We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of…
- solitude begins with a time and a place for God, and God alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that…
- While optimism makes us live as if someday soon things will soon go better for us, hope frees us from the need to predict the…
- To the degree that we embrace the truth that our identity is not rooted in our success, power, or popularity, but in God's infinite love,…
- We may be little, insignificant servants in the eyes of a world motivated by efficiency, control and success. But when we realize that God has…
- Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — for not fulfilling all my needs. I, too,…
- As long as we relate to the trees, the rivers, the mountains, the fields and the oceans as properties which we can manipulate according to…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable. — J. J. Abrams
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. — Desi Arnaz