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There can be no stronger proof of the impoverishment of our contemporary culture than the popular – though profoundly mistaken – definition of myth as falsehood.

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Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
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I learned that healing and cure are active processes in which I myself needed to participate.
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One does not become fully human painlessly.
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Courage is necessary to make being and becoming possible.
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The amazing thing about love is that it is the best way to get to know ourselves.
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