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“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
― He Still Moves Stones: Everyone Needs a Miracle
― He Still Moves Stones: Everyone Needs a Miracle
“Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.”
― Wanda, Countess von Szalras.
― Wanda, Countess von Szalras.
“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.”
― Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
― Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
“Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.”
― He Still Moves Stones: Everyone Needs a Miracle
― He Still Moves Stones: Everyone Needs a Miracle
“Love is always ready to deny itself, to give, sacrifice, just in the measure of its sincerity and intensity. Perfect love is perfect self-forgetfulness. Hence where there is love in a home, unselfishness is the law. Each forgets self and lives for others.
But where there is selfishness it mars joy. One selfish soul will destroy the sweetness of life in any home. It is like an ugly bush in the midst of a garden of flowers. It was selfishness that destroyed the first home and blighted all the loveliness of Paradise; and it has been blighting lovely things in earth's home ever since. We need to guard against this spirit.”
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But where there is selfishness it mars joy. One selfish soul will destroy the sweetness of life in any home. It is like an ugly bush in the midst of a garden of flowers. It was selfishness that destroyed the first home and blighted all the loveliness of Paradise; and it has been blighting lovely things in earth's home ever since. We need to guard against this spirit.”
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Leonida’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Leonida’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
36 books
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67 friends
4 books
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47 friends
2 books
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31 friends
5 books
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33 friends
2 books
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18 friends
5 books
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15 friends
0 books
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11 friends
0 books
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77 friends
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