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Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than…
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Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's the place…
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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…
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is a choice…
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In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
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A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling to the…
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Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.
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Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully…
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When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find…
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...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your brothers and…
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Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be…
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To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to change it…
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But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries from outside,…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Do not bring me your successes; they weaken me. Bring me your problems; they strengthen me.
— Charles Kettering
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As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline,…
— Henri Nouwen
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I could do nothing without my problems; they toughen my mind. In fact, I tell my assistants not to bring me their…
— Charles Kettering
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Books are never harmless...they either strengthen us or they weaken us in our faith. Some of them do this even as they…
— Peter Prange
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I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English―it is the…
— Mark Twain
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When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them--then the rest will be valuable.…
— Mark Twain
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The fact is that the Democratic Party in modern times has always had a conservative wing, one frequently as strong or stronger…
— Rick Perlstein
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Memories are good until, they weaken your present.
— Munif Gulroo
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