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Having experienced and worked in settings with individuals that had significant trauma, I only wished I had discovered this book much sooner. I have already learned so many things and been provided with a useful perspective that is helping me with my
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Sounding extraordinarily like Mahatma Gandhi, she writes: "Nazi barbarism evokes the same kind of barbarism in ourselves, one that would involve the same methods if we could do as we wanted
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
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“The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear.”
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
― I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.”
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