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“Silence is God's first language; everything else is a poor translation.”
― Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation
― Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation
“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
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“"Nothing is more helpful to reduce pride than the actual experience of self-knowledge. If we are discouraged by it, we have misunderstood its meaning.”
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“For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.”
― Manifesting God
― Manifesting God
“To be with another in this [empathic] way means that for the time being, you lay aside your own views and values in order to enter another's world without prejudice. In some sense it means that you lay aside your self; this can only be done by persons who are secure enough in themselves that they know they will not get lost in what may turn out to be the strange or bizarre world of the other, and that they can comfortably return to their own world when they wish.
Perhaps this description makes clear that being empathic is a complex, demanding, and strong - yet subtle and gentle - way of being.”
― A Way of Being
Perhaps this description makes clear that being empathic is a complex, demanding, and strong - yet subtle and gentle - way of being.”
― A Way of Being
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