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“First, it’s important to understand that a dream can come from three sources: self (our own soul), Satan, or God.”

“When your mind has been solely focused on a particular problem, task, or person all day, your dreams can be influenced or corrupted by the loudness of your soul.”

“But if guilt is the extent of your motivation, you can be sure it will wear off before long because living in a new way will be hard.”

“It means civilization, not just procreation.”

“The Greeks saw death as a friend, because it liberated us from the prison of physical life.”

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.”

“It seemed too bleak an existence to condemn a child to.”

‘“She was asked to imagine the ‘career woman’ voice taking an ‘NVC pill’ in order to restate its message in the following form: ‘When a, I feel b, because I am needing c. Therefore I now would like d.”

“An hour later, the same man who had called me a murderer was inviting me to his home for a Ramadan dinner.”

“Therapy has sometimes been given a bad rap, as if it were somehow an indication of weakness. Personally, I consider it a sign of bravery.”

“The ongoing question for you is whether it is manageable enough— or whether you’ve set your sights too low in terms of how satisfying and joyful life can be.”

“You don’t have to talk about what happened in detail, and relief may be as quick as 12 sessions away.”

“That means for every forty-five minutes of school instruction, children are given a fifteen-minute break.”

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, an experience is worth a thousand pictures.”

“El que quiere a todo el mundo no quiere a nadie.”

“Las personas mueren, pero nuestras relaciones con ellas no. Perviven y se transforman por siempre.”

“Me sacudo a mí mismo mientras ellas siguen hablando sobre qué tipo de fantasma sería mamá. Si se muriera, el sol se apagaría. Punto.”

“One day God will compare how much time and energy we spent on ourselves compared with what we invested in serving others.”

“A saved heart is one that wants to serve.”

“Millions of believers are plagued with spiritual anorexia, starving to death from spiritual malnutrition.”

“Tratar de sentir algo es como tratar de oír algo. Si no está ahí, no puedes oírlo, no importa cuánto lo intentes.”

“Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.”

“He wants you to enjoy life, not just endure it.”

“In order to keep us from becoming too attached to earth, God allows us to feel a significant amount of discontent and dissatisfaction in life- longings that will NEVER be fulfilled on this side of eternity. We’re not completely happy here because we’re not supposed to be! Earth is not our final home; we were created for something much better.

“The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.”

“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”

“No hay nada más abrumador que el silencio de la soledad, no hay nada más duro que no sentirla a mi lado.”