"Peace is not something you can force on……" — Gerald May
"Peace is not something you can force on anything or anyone... much less upon one's own mind. It is like trying to quiet the ocean by pressing upon the waves. Sanity lies in somehow opening to the chaos, allowing anxiety, moving deeply into the tumult, diving into the waves, where underneath, within, peace simply is."
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15 Quotes by Gerald May
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Grief is neither a disorder nor a healing process; it is a sign of health itself, a whole and natural…
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When the desire is too much to bear, we often bury it beneath frenzied thoughts and activities or escape it…
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Mysterious as it may be, there is something wonderful at the heart of our existence, and it is about nothing…
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To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace.
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In every feeling, look deeply. Explore without ceasing. At bottom, love is.
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Love's true nature remains forever beyond the grasp of all our faculties. It is far greater than any feeling or…
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True growth is a process which one allows to happen rather than causes to happen.
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Blessings sometimes come through brokenness that could never come in any other way.
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I would prefer a thousand mistakes in extravagance of love to any paralysis in wariness of fear.
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Seek the truth, not what is comfortable. Seek the real, not the easy.
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