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God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

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When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.
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Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.
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The soul is not a physical entity, but instead refers to everything about us that is not physical - our values, memories, identity, sense of humor. Since the soul represents the parts of the human being that are not physical, it cannot get sick, it cannot die, it cannot disappear. In short, the soul is immortal.
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The path to God is rarely a steady climb upward. We climb, we fall back, and we climb higher again.
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Our responding to life's unfairness with sympathy... may be the surest proof of all of God's reality.
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Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life?
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No good deed ever goes wasted.
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Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Those rewards create almost as many problems as they solve. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will be at least a little bit different for our having passed through it.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness.
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One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.
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The God I believe in is not so fragile that you hurt Him by being angry at him, or so petty that He will hold it against you for being upset with Him.
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When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.
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I am quite confident that the most important part of a human being is not his physical body but his nonphysical essence, which some people call soul and others, personality... The nonphysical part cannot die and cannot decay because it's not physical.
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Never attribute to malice or other deliberate decision what can be explained by human frailty, imperfection, or ignorance.
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When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul.
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