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For all practical purposes we take it for granted that in general the patient could not develop otherwise than she did; that in particular she could not help doing, feeling, thinking what she did do, feel, think. This viewpoint, however, is not shared by the patient. Her lofty disregard for all that means laws and necessities extends to herself too. The fact that, everything considered, her development could go only in certain directions is beneath her consideration. Whether some drive or attitude was conscious or unconscious does not matter. However insuperable the odds against which she had to struggle she should have met them with unfailing strength, courage, and equanimity. If she did not do so, it proves that she is no good.
―Neurosis and Human Growth, Karen Horney
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God is very quiet,
for there is no conflict in Him.
Conflict is the root of all evil …
―A Course in Miracles
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As I watched the seagulls, I thought,
That’s the road to take;
find the absolute rhythm and
follow it with absolute trust.
—Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis
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Now, begin to rain
intelligence and compassion
Upon all your tender,
wounded cells
—Hafez
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Consider the black widow spider. It’s a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish and its red hourglass trademark. But the poor thing has the fatal misfortune of possessing enormously too much power for its size. So everybody kills it on sight.
—Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
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