Acknowledge Quote by Stephen Levine

“When the heart acknowledges how much pain there is in the mind, it turns like a mother toward a frightened child.”

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Love is not what we become, but what we already are.

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...healing comes not from being loving but from being itself. It is not a case of being clear but of clear being. This healing…

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“A drop of pond water under the microscope just like in science class but now your are the pond & the microscope is mindfulness”

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If sequestered pain made a sound, the atmosphere would be humming all the time.

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You can't go into games with any fear. You can acknowledge a good team but you can't go in worrying.

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We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point.

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I would like, then, to end by putting in a good word for the non-industrious poor. At least they aren’t hurting anyone. Insofar as…

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