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“One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.”
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“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
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“The healing power of even the most microscopic exchange with someone who knows in a flash precisely what you're talking about because she experienced that thing too cannot be overestimated.”
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
― Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death”
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“To die to our neighbors means to stop judging them, to stop evaluating them, and thus to become free to be compassionate. Compassion can never coexist with judgment because judgment creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.”
― The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
― The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Lydia’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Lydia’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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60 friends
31 books
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4,846 friends
93 books
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11 friends
80 books
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17 friends
0 books
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2 friends
2 books
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26 friends
12 books
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7 friends
1 book
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15 friends
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