The strength of man is in himself and not in an Other.

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Knowing what to say is a social skill.  Meaning takes the form of action in the heart.

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The emotions generated by an event in one’s life hold a panoramic view of the entire life.  To dislodge one sacred cow will diminish the whole herd.

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What is purposefully discussed is not always successfully resolved.  What one says is not necessarily what one has incorporated within one’s fabric.

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What is hidden will surface and cannot be forever controlled.

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A rock in the head is hard to take.  It hurts and leaves a welt.  But a heart which is pressed gives not blood but wine.

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There is no better place than here where you are now because unless you have earned a better place,  the lessons will be repeated.

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Civilized man puts order into his existence but not into his life.

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In the cliché ‘come hell or high water’, hell is closer than you think and high water is not too far either.

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If we do not understand the wind, we will be caught in the whirlwind.

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May the angels rock your soul with lullabies and the gods listen carefully to your lectures.

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And yes, it is time for the world to know that when  heaven does not speak to the individual, it is time to ask why not.