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Only a life of goodness and honesty leaves us feeling spiritually healthy and human.

Harold S. Kushner

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The idea is to find some bit of holiness in everything-food, sex, earning and spending money, having children, conversations with friends. Everything can be seen as a miracle, as part of God's plan. When we can truly see this, we nourish our souls.
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History is written by winners, so most history books are about people who win.
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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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Many biblical verses are like inkblot tests, revealing more about us than about the text in question.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people brings happiness.
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When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.
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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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Integrity means being whole, unbroken, undivided. It describes a person who has united the different parts of his or her personality, so there is no longer a split in the soul ... For the person of integrity, life may not be easy but it is simple: Figure out what is right and do it. All other considerations come in second.
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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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No good deed ever goes wasted.
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There are some things we should feel guilty about, but the guilt feelings should attach to the deed, not to the doer.
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The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.
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Our human bodies are miracles, not because they defy laws of nature, but precisely because they obey them.
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If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul
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We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.
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But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to rejoice in another's happiness, and if we are wise enough to know that there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know, we can reenter paradise.
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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 I talk to people who feel this emptiness and lack of fulfillment, I recommend they find a source of balance in their lives. I suggest they find a way to give back to the world in order to feel a sense of completeness.
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I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.
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When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.
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