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A curated collection of quotes that warm my heart, lift my spirit, inform

my intellect, embrace and guide me with new thoughts and perspectives.

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Power of Gratefulness

Gratefulness

White Grass

Jeanne Lohmann

Praise What Comes

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"You do not heal 'from' trauma."

Jeff Foster

Trauma

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Quotes on Belonging & Risk (quoting Carl Jung)

Brené Brown

Belonging & Risk

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On Silence

Dalai Lama

On Silence

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Chuang Tzu

The Empty Boat

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Mooji

On Silence
Be who you are

Be Who You Are

On Silence
On Silence
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Francis Weller

We Become Elders

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"Yesterday I met a whole person"

Morris West

Shoes of the Fisherman

Candle

Mark Belletini

Hanukkah, First Night

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Carl Jung

The Creative Process

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Deep Listening

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Jeff Brown

Friendship &

Imperfection Tolerance

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Unknown

Parable of the Seed Corn

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The Journey

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Daniela Seiff

Self-Compassion and Transformation of Trauma

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Eckhart Tolle

Finding the Deeper Level

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Susan Frybort

Beauty and Grace in Aging

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Dr. Steve Maraboli

Maturity

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Marie-Louise von Franz

Individuation

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David Bowie

Go Out of Your Depth

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James Hollis

Jung's Contribution: Individuation

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Maureen Roberts

Gather Ourselves Together

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Carl Jung

Solitude

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Glennon Doyle

The Secret? Show Up

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James Hollis

Here to Be the Individual

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Eartha Kitt

Love Yourself

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Jeff Brown

Respect Others' Paths

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Toko-pa Turner

True Healing

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If You're Exhausted

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Danielle LaPorte

Right Now

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Carl Jung

Scapegoating

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Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD

Stormy World

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Parker J. Palmer

Wendell Berry Poem

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Hope

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Sarah Kerr

Expected Death

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Heidi  Priebe

To Love Someone Long-term

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Gabrielle Roth

Disheartened

Deep Red Paint

Tao & Zen

What is my purpose?

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Parker J. Palmer

On Pilgrimage

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Parker J. Palmer

On Poetry

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Eckhart Tolle

Is that so? (Ego)

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James Hollis

Loneliness

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Maria Kaur

The Woman Who Has Herself

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Rainer Maria Rilke

Letting Go

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Thomas Moore

Expose Your Soul

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Maureen Roberts

A New Community of Soul

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Marion Woodman

Feminine Consciousness

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James Hollis

On Loneliness

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Pema Chodra

Openness

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Note to Self

What is my purpose in life?

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Michael Meade

Gratitude

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James Hollis

Parental Love

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Parker J. Palmer

Duty of Delight

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Palmer J. Parker

What Can I Do With My Life?

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Marc Hack

Loved Just as You Are

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Parker J. Palmer

Another Way of Seeing

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Paul Levy

Our Wounds

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Donna Ashworth

Sisterhood Connecting as One

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Shahrukh Khan

Healing

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C.G. Jung

Unconscious/Conscious

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Anita Moorjani

Self Love

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Brigit Anna McNeill

Offer Gratitude for Self

Pink and Black Butterfly

Anne Lamott

Misery & Miracles

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Various Quotes

The Truth About Enlightenment

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Hannah Gadsby

Resilience is Your Humanity

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James Hillman

Where Does the Soul Turn?

Leaves

John Pavlovitz

On the Day I Die

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Daniell Koepke

Toxic People

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Jeff Brown

Why We Don't Speak Up

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Dr. Jessica Taylor

Powerfully Underestimated

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Scott Peck

All of Us Are Wounded

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Jova Ferreyra

You Can't Expect To Grow if You Don't Expect to Grieve

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Thich Nhat Hanh 

Be Rather Than Do

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Elena Bernabè

Grandma, I'm Tired of This Life

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Parker J. Palmer

Does My Life Have Meaning?

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Jim Rigby

10 Things I Learned From
Thich Nhat Hanh

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Donna Ashworth

Don't Prioritize Your Looks

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Thích Nhất Hạnh

No Death, No Fear

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Caroline de Lisser

The Wounded Healer

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Margaret Atwood

Water is Patient

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Marion Woodman

Becoming

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Jeff Foster

Please Don't Tell Me

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Dr. Wini Curley

The Most Beautiful Souls

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Echart Tolle

Intense Presence

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James Dillett Freeman

Strength

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Marva Lee Weigelt

After You Die

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Forgive Yourself

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Awakening Into the Present

Leonard Jacobson

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Rest and Recovery

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Elizabeth Lesser

Surrender

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Victor Frankl

Attitude and Freedom

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Bianca Sparacino

The Kindest People

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Jeff Foster

The Shattering

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Bud Harris, PhD

Re-Imagining Ourselves

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Maureen Roberts

Hang On, Change Will Come

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Iain S. Thomas

What's Important

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

No One Right Way
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Unknown

Hustle or Align

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Osho

Enlightenment is Not the Last Rung

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

Value and Non-Doing

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Maureen B. Roberts

Just Hang On

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S. Moultrup

Awakening is Brutal

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Echart Tolle

Resistance to What Is

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RabindranathTagore

Surrender

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Ram Dass

Exquisite Paradox

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J. Krishnamurti

Love Leads to Right Action

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Rishima

Sacred men

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John O'Donohue

Soul Friends

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L.R. Knost

Don't Make Yourself Small

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Being: The Art of Living

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Rabbi Mara Nathan

Fetus in Jewish Sacred Writing

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Dr. James Barry

Woman Disguised as Man

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Matt Licata, PhD

Dissolution Inherent in Healing

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Jon Kabat-Zinn

Attention Leads to Health

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Thich Nhat Hahn

Being vs. Doing 

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C.G. Jung

Psychological Types

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Pema Chödrön 

Settling Down

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John O'Donohue

Connecting Soul with Experience

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Rumi

The Quieter You Become

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Ram Dass

Healing and Curing

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Angi Sullins

Trouble as Opportunity

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Joyce Rupp

Old Maps No Longer Work

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June Singer

We Can't Be Complete
If We are Perfect

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Ram Dass

The Judging Mind

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David Whyte

Rest

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Marion Woodman

The Virgin Archetype

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Doris Lessing

Do It Now

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Dalai Lama XIV

True Peace

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Alan Watts

Become One With Divine

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Brene Brown

Boundaries

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Thomas Moore

Innermost Nature

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Kurt Vonnegut

Create Art

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Albert Camus

Solitude

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Joseph Campbell

The Love of Your Fate

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Rumi

Sit in Patience

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Emma Zeck

Find Your People

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Tahlia Hunter

Don't Let Others Define You

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Steve Aitchison

I Married a Woman

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Be Happy Project

You Have Nothing to Prove

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Pema Chödrön

Open-Heartedness

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Buddha

Only 3 Things Matter

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Danielle LaPorte

Right Now

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John O'Donohue

Alone in the World

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Shame vs. Gratitude

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Holy Relationships

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Loving an Empath

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What you carry in your heart

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The Women She Admires

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Loving an Empath

Jan Phillips

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Forgiveness and Freedom

Gary Zukov

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Individuation & Masks

Joseph Campbell

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The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

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Just Being

Susan Frybort

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Taking Care of Yourself

Sylvester McNutt

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Rekindling the Light Within

Albert Schweitzer

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Boundaries Sound Like

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Less Afraid, More Open

Sabina Laura

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Loving Without Fixing

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YOU...

Donna Ashworth

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After A While

Veronica Shoffstall

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Sensitivity

Jeff Brown

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Sheree Bliss Tilsley

Medicine Woman's Prayer

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The Longest Journey

C.G. Jung

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Inhabit the Dream

Unknown

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Tears May Blur Our Sight

Maureen Roberts

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Don't Compare

Andre Gide

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Offer Kindness to the Past

Maureen Roberts

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Fullness of Spiritual Compassion

Ram Dass

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What is Stress?

Jeff Foster

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Choosing to be Happy

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