The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

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We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

We cannot solve life's problems except by solving them.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies...

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies...

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do...

We know a great deal more about the causes of physical disease than we do...

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise...

Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise...

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a...

The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a...

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies...

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies...

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. Falling in love is not.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. Falling in love is not.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you...

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you...

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there...

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there...

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.

Ultimately love is everything.

Ultimately love is everything.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

Constancy in love is a perpetual inconstancy, in which the heart attaches itself successively to...

I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better...

I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better...

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.