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Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation.

Abraham Verghese

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We must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.
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Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
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It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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A discourse that begins at a book club in a living room, but then spreads. That is meaningful to me.
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We know the average American physician interrupts their patient in 14 seconds.
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It’s an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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