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What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.

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We must pay attention to the voice that calls us out of the safety zone.
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As humans try to evolve out of greed, let's put aside some wild places, protected lands, protected farms, things like that, since we may not evolve fast enough to protect nature.
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Learn respect for the feeling function: Become aware of and undo some of your (improper) cultural training so that you grant the moods and messages of the heart the same respect that you give the thoughts and ideas of the mind.
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I would say to women, always question what you're empowering yourself for and what are you claiming power for.
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I actually don't think we're more divided than we were. I think it's more evident. It's more evident because of the internet.
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How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resist change
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Life's always changing. We always are being called to adapt.
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Beautiful quality that women have, which is we like to get together and gab. It's time to elevate that aspect of being a woman.
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When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.
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I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.
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To me the purpose of life is to enjoy it! It's to enjoy the gift, and to make sure that other people have an opportunity to enjoy the gift.
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Whatever is happening, whatever is changing, whatever is going or not going according to my plans - I release my hold on all of it. I leave behind who I think I am, who I want to be, what I want the world to be. I come home to the great peace of the present moment.
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Grief is an expression that you loved well.
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We don't need anymore empowered people who are all about the ego.
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Even if your difficult time comes at you out of the blue - like cancer - even those times, opens your heart to the magic and power of life, and gives you this inner commitment to live every moment.
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Over and over, we are broken on the shore of life. Our stubborn egos are knocked around, and our frightened hearts are broken open—not once, and not in predictable patterns, but in surprising ways and for as long as we live.
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Life is like a school one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.
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I was just a kid when I started doing this,yoga, meditation, natural foods, acupuncture - things like were seen as practically voodoo. And today you can go into any hospital and they'll have massage, and Chinese medicine, and therapy, and a prayer room.
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But when I learned about the dangers of rejection or attack, I thought, it's time to change this. What if we faced any pain we had caused each other and, instead of rejection or attack, could we listen? Could we forgive? Could we merge?
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I think it's better that people actually are saying what they feel. Especially, people are saying, I'm not heard. I don't have a voice in America.
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