“Man is condemned to be free. Condemned because he did not create himself, yet is nevertheless at liberty, and from the moment he is thrown into this world he is responsible for everything he does.”
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“If you take your happiness and put it in someone’s hands, sooner or later, she is going to break it. If you give your happiness to someone else, she can always take it away. Then if happiness can only come from inside of you and is the result of your love, you are responsible for your happiness.”
― The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
― The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
“It doesn’t matter how much you love someone, you are never going to be what that person wants you to be.”
― The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
― The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship
“You want to know what weakness is? Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
“Evil begets evil. It grows. It transmutes, so that sometimes you cannot see that the evil in the world began as the evil in your own home. I”
― Homegoing
― Homegoing
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