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" In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart. "

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" Certainly there is such a thing as chemical depression, and for that, obviously, there are issues that psychotherapists are much more expert at speaking to, but I think there is a low-grade depression that actually prevails in our society. And most of us feel it. "

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" One of the shocks of a 50th birthday is realizing the fundamental fact that your youth is irrevocably over. "

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" The holidays are only holy if we make them so. "

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" As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be. "

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" I trust that when people meet, we meet for a transcendent reason, and that the challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul's growth. "

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" Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before. "

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" In my first book, 'A Return to Love', I wrote about things in the outer world that need to change - how we need to ameliorate deep poverty, heal the earth, end war. "

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" I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence - has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day. "

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