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Empathy is the wellspring of creativity.
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Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware.
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nothing is more important than empathy for another human being's suffering. Nothing. Not a career, not wealth, not intelligence, certainly not status. We have to feel for one another if we're going to survive with dignity.
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When you cannot rejoice in feelings, circumstances or conditions, rejoice in the Lord.
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You are not the feelings or the thoughts or the contents of your awareness. None of these are who you are. You are the fullness of your Being, the substance of your presence.
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Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.
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I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.
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Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty.
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lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.
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The thing about Duran... that gives you the ability to bring all that opportunity back into your life.
