"Grief can have a quality of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of awareness."

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Source : Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine (2012). “Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying”, p.92, Anchor

Stephen Levine

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“Develop what you lack.”
“Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from a complete history of his country during the long period in which he was the most prominent actor.”

Source : Jared Sparks (1853). “The life of George Washington”, p.6
“Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.”
“Real Christianity is lovely. There is a quality about a Spirit-filled, radiant Christian that draws and attracts others and causes them to enjoy favor with all the people. The truth is that the gospel is not nearly as offensive as some of its proponents!”

Source : O. S. Hawkins (2005). “Guidestones: ancient landmarks of authenticity for the 21st century church”
“The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.”
“Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and some of us don't. That's all there is to it." "Can't all what?" said Pooh, rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry bush.”
“Death doesn't exist. It never did, it never will. But we've drawn so many pictures of it, so many years, trying to pin it down, comprehend it, we've got to thinking of it as an entity, strangely alive and greedy. All it is, however, is a stopped watch, a loss, an end, a darkness. Nothing.”
“I feel like I'm in the right profession.”

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