“In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.”
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“If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95)”
― Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
― Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
“If your understanding of the divine made you kinder, more empathetic, and impelled you to express sympathy in concrete acts of loving-kindness, this was good theology. But if your notion of God made you unkind, belligerent, cruel, of self-righteous, or if it led you to kill in God's name, it was bad theology. ”
― The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
― The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
“Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?”
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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