"The nature of life is mess, chaotic, exquisitely beautiful, excruciatingly painful, immensely joy-filled, and unpredictable."
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"Oh, if only I could hurt with such misery once again, to feel the powers of love here inside my heart, the joys of heaven and the pains of hell!"
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"And suddenly I rejoiced in the great security of the sea as compared with the unrest of the land, in my choice of that untempted life presenting no disquieting problems, invested with an elementary moral beauty by the absolute straightforwardness of its appeal and by the singleness of its purpose."
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"How did she do it, I'd always wondered. Dancing with Q., I understood. Once in a while the pain falls asleep on the job, and the experienced sufferer knows enough to seize such moments swiftly and without thought - for when we realize we're actually dancing, the jolt of joy wakens the pain. Laura Acosta"
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"There was some rhythm, some ecstasy in this dance of flight that expressed the fact that happiness which touches depths and rises beyond physical confines is as old as consciousness, yet ever renewed, and is like the glorying flight of the birds"
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"Nature is inexhaustibly sustainable if we care for it. It is our universal responsibility to pass a healthy earth onto future generations."
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"In all that I saw, I was satisfied, for I could dance in the drops of water, laugh with the laps of joyous tears, and sing to the songs of streaming senses."
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"It became clear that Keisha Blake could not start something without finishing it. If she climbed onto the boundary wall of Caldwell, she was compelled to walk the entire wall, no matter the obstructions in her path (beer cans, branches). This compulsion, applied to other fields, manifested itself as "intelligence." Every unknown word sent her to a dictionary--in search of something like "completion"--and every book led to another book, a process that, of course, could never be completed. This route through early life gave her no small portion of joy, and, indeed, it seemed at first that her desires and her capacities were basically aligned. She wanted to read things--could not resist wanting to read things--and reading was easily done, and relatively inexpensive. On the other hand, that she should receive any praise for such reflexive habits baffled the girl, for she knew herself to be fantastically stupid about many things. Wasn't it possible that what others mistook for intelligence was in fact only a sort of mutation of the will?"
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"Rejoice, for bad things are about to happen."
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"Happiness is the good life that is marked by flourishing well-being, joy, prosperity, peace, satisfaction, and pleasure."
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"Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for spiritual joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and spiritual joy you have not yet begun to live."
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"Pure truth is always present, but it is each soul’s choice to decide when he or she wants it to be revealed."
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"When truthful knowledge is dispensed, soul growth is accomplished every time, for all parties involved, in every situation."
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"Fear has no place in the lives of those who choose to be victorious."
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"We have soul contracts with every person in our lives to live in the vibration of truth."
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"If we want to grow, the way to break a pattern of negativity is to face anything negative with love."
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"If you want to know if someone is lying to you, start by living a truthful life. Once you live in the truth, you will not be easily deceived."
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"Once again discovered: Do what you do because you enjoy. If expect others to give credit or honor your work, you are due for disappointment"
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"Body tension will always be present if our good feeing is just ordinary, self-centered happiness. Joy has no tension in it, because joy accepts whatever is as it is."
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"If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them."
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