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This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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The immediate point of the fish story is merely that the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are hardest to see and talk about.
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.”
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“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
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“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
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“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
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