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Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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Lots of men shared with me that it was difficult for them to tell the truth if they saw that it would hurt a loved one.

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Everyone I know is at times brought low by feelings of depression and despair about the state of the world.

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Again and again in conversations the most common vision of true love I have heard shared was one that declared it to be “unconditional.

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In Dory Hollander’s 101 Lies Men Tell Women, she confirms that while both women and men lie, her data and the findings of other researchers indicate that “men tend to lie more and with more devastating consequences.

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When we value the delaying of gratification and take responsibility for our actions, we simplify our emotional universe.

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It promotes the desire for separation, the desire not to be known.

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But this click is not the same as a soul connection.

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Al¬ though he is a white male, Ivy League-educated and economically well off, privileged, with all the accompa¬ nying perks, his irresponsible actions were a way of un¬ masking, of showing to the world that he really was not the “good guy” he was pretending to be.

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This devaluation of our friend¬ ships creates an emptiness we may not see when we are devoting all our attention to finding someone to love ro¬ mantically or giving all our attention to a chosen loved one.

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To know compassion fully is to engage in a process of forgiveness and recognition that enables us to release all the baggage we carry that serves as a barrier to healing.

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This bleak picture in no way alters the nature of our longing.

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They were there with me during anguished and terrifying dark nights of the soul when no one understood.

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it is no accident that “living purposely” is the sixth element of self-esteem.

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While ours is a nation wherein the vast majority of citizens are followers of religious faiths that proclaim the transfor¬ mative power of love, many people feel that they do not have a clue as to how to love.

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Many of us in the room had been smacked, whipped, or beaten as children.

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But this love does not last.

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They would have seen the action as both coercive and abusive.

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He said he wanted to give me what he didn’t have as a child.

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It is rare for individuals to choose a life in the spirit, one that honors the sacred dimensions of everyday life when they have had no contact with traditional religious thought or practice.