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“He emerges on the other side as someone with immense magnanimity because in an extraordinary way, his suffering helped to grow him. Where they thought it was going to break him, it helped him. It helped him to see the point of view of the other.” 42%

“The path to joy, like with sadness, did not lead away from suffering and adversity, but through it… Nothing beautiful comes without some suffering.”

This book is so incredibly moving.
“Resignation and cynicism are easier, more self-soothing postures that do not require the raw vulnerability and tragic risk of hope. To choose hope is to step firmly forward into the howling wind, baring one’s chest to the elements, knowing that in time, the storm will pass. Hope is the antidote to despair.”

“We were from all traditions, and despite our diversity, we produce a unanimous report. We concluded there is nothing wrong with faiths. The problem is the faithful.”

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