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" Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose. "

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" We experience God to the extent to which we love, forgive, and focus on the good in others and ourselves. "

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" I read an article somewhere that stated 1 in 4 American women will be considered clinically depressed in their lifetime. This should be more than a gold mine for pharmaceutical companies - it should be a wake-up call. "

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" War is just an effect, not a cause. "

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" I want to be a cheerleader for women who have never even considered running for office or being involved in a campaign, but who in the quietness of their hearts might think, 'Why not me?' "

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" The AIDS virus is not more powerful than God. "

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" The speed of change today is faster than the human psyche seems able to handle, and it's increasingly difficult to reconcile the rhythms of our personal lives with the rapidity of a twenty-four-hour news cycle. "

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" We have the same soul at 60 that we had at 40, and the same soul at 25 that we had when we were 5. "

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" Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit. "

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" There is no amount of money I can make which could buffer my daughter from the horrors that will explode in our society if we do not address the huge amount of suffering in our midst. "

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" To me, when I think of New Age, I think of crystals and rainbows and platitudes. "

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" If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed. "

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" Jesus is a personal symbol of the Holy Spirit. Having been totally healed by the Holy Spirit, Jesus became one with him. Every thought, action, and deed of Jesus was guided by the Holy Spirit instead of ego. "

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" Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. "

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" There's a certain je ne sais quoi that Americans have in spades - a we-can-do-anything spirit that makes so many things possible for all of us. We're rugged individualists, aspirational in nature, and we like to think for ourselves. "

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" Martin Luther King said it was time to inject a new dimension of love into the veins of human civilization. I don't think anyone is calling Martin Luther King a New Age woo-woo. "

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" Look at Fukushima. Should we or should we not agree with the U.S. government that none of that radioactive energy is making its way here? Hello! "

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" There's nothing more powerful than a woman who knows how to contain her power and not let it leak, standing firmly within it in mystery and silence. A woman who talks too much sheds her allure. "

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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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" I would never, ever in my life say, 'I want to go to Washington to heal the soul of Washington.' "

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" Spirit is impervious to illness. "

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" If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you. "

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" In 'Healing the Soul of America,' I wrote about Gandhi's notion of soul force in politics and why it matters to stand on your truth. "

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" We receive His peace when we ask Him for it. We keep His peace by extending it to others. Those are the keys and there are no others. "

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" We need to shift from an economic organizing principle for human civilization, to a humanitarian organizing principle. Making money more important than your own children is a pathological way for an individual to run their affairs, and it's a pathological way for a society to run its affairs. "

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" I've never seen service as separate from my spiritual practice or my spiritual teaching. "

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" Now if you know what makes one person's life change, then you know what makes a nation change - because a nation is simply a large group of individuals. "

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" Hope lies in having more faith in the power of God to heal us than in the power of anything to hurt or destroy us. In realizing that as children of God we are bigger than our problems, we have the power at last to confront them. "

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" Children are not children. They are just younger people. "

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" Only do what you feel called in your heart to do, and then give all of yourself to the task. "

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