Any kind of major disaster, Rawles insisted—a mass outbreak of contagious disease, a nuclear attack, an economic collapse—could easily lead to people deciding not to go to work in the morning, and the shelves of Walmart consequently not
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“Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely. But eventually it is best to find a person, the person who will be your mirror. Remember, only in another person’s heart can you truly see yourself and the presence of God within you”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be so shortsighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
“How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.”
― The Forty Rules of Love
― The Forty Rules of Love
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