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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”

“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.”

“‘Why are you so quiet?’ rubs on our nerves. What is the correct answer to that question and why does it sound so accusatory? ‘That’s just the way I am’ would seem to be self-evident, but apparently not.”

“One of the greatest blocks of loving kindness is our own sense of unworthiness. If we leave ourselves out of the circle of love and compassion, we have misunderstood.”

“Night air, good conversation, and a sky full of stars can heal almost any wound.”

“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.”

“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are simply toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren’t inherently bad people, but they aren’t the right people for us”