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- Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.
- The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct.…
- A myth is a way of making sense in a senseless world. Myths are narrative patterns that give significance to our existence. Whether the meaning…
- We must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong. People who claim to…
- Self-love is not only necessary and good, it is a prerequisite for loving others.
- Courage is required not only in a person's occasional crucial decision for his own freedom, but in the little hour-to-hour decisions which place the bricks…
- Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age.
- The turtle only makes progress when it's neck is stuck out.
- When we "fall" in love, as the expressive verb puts it, the world shakes and changes around us, not only in the way it looks…
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