Thomas Merton will just u-turn your life https://t.co/1bE2eYJTzT
Even in social life, you will never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking about what sort of impression you are making. Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring two pence how often it has been told before), you will,
... See moreTimothy Keller • The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Living for others [is] such a relief from the impossible task of trying to satisfy oneself.
Matthew Lieberman • Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
“We should live our lives as if everyone could see us, as if the most secret corners of our soul were open to the sight of others…All divine and human learning can be summarized in one truth—that we are members of one big body.
Alexandra Stoddard • Happiness for Two: 75 Secrets for Finding More Joy Together
““For though we are made especially for the sake of one another, still each of us has his own tasks. Otherwise another’s faults would harm me, which God has not willed, in order that my happiness may not depend on another.”—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, paraphrased”
— One Day at a Time by Al-Anon Family Groups
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— One Day at a Time by Al-Anon Family Groups
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PEOPLE who know nothing of God and whose lives are centered on themselves, imagine that they can only find themselves by asserting their own desires and ambitions and appetites in a struggle with the rest of the world. They try to become real by imposing themselves on other people, by appropriating for themselves some share of the limited supply of
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