

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to... fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
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“There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath

“It [speaking with words that bring about harmony] consists of speaking of what is good about people, instead of what is wrong with them. For some people this is an almost impossible exercise, for they have become totally habituated to speaking critically. We all seem to have a special talent for finding critical things to say about the world, about others, and about ourselves! (117)”
― Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
― Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity

“They had not grown up in the paradoxes of industry. Their senses were still sharp to the ridiculousness of the industrial life.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
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