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“Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.”

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“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.”

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In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.

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If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.

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In solitude, at last, we’re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship,…

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Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.

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You cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain…

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“In the end, we do not so much reclaim what we have lost as discover a significantly new self in and through the process.…

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All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those…

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“I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and…

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Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

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“I believe contemplation shows us that nothing inside us is as bad as our hatred and denial of the bad. Hating and denying it…

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We don't have much wisdom about the second half when things really open up and end up looking a lot more progressive. In my…

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How strong is a faith that can't stand up to a few honest questions?

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What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men.

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We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot…

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Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living.

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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

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“RIGHT Do you do what feels right or what is seen right?”

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One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and…

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I don't know - to be honest, I don't really model myself after anybody.

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There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.

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I have often spoken of integrity as the most important of these values, realizing that integrity – and personal integrity, at that – is…

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Honest people don't hide their deeds.

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I used to not be really honest with girls and then I dropped a song called Starry Room and then I started turning over…

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