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The secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.

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Rachel Naomi Remen
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 8
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Belief traps or frees us.
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This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. it certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too timid to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well intentioned words.
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When we pray, we don't change the world, we change ourselves.
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