"What we really need is somebody who loves us so much we don’t worry about death, or about [anything for that matter]… We need this; we need this so we can love other people purely and not for selfish gain, we need this so we can see everybody as equals, we need this so our relationships can be sincere, we need this so we can stop kicking ourselves around, we need this so we can lose all self-awareness and find ourselves for the first time, not by realizing some dream, but by being told who we are by the only Being who has the authority to know, by that I mean the Creator."
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"If you want to bond with your friends, do something very hard with them, something that you won't be able to do alone."
"It's not what people do that scares me. It's what they hide. It's the secrets that keep us from bonding and create distrust. If we were more willing to accept each other's depravity we'd be more united, we'd be more honest. If you hide two things from me, I'll assume you're hiding a million. And I'll keep you at a distance. I'm not afraid of the evil in you. It's in me too."
"...I want my spirituality to rid me of hate, not give me reason for it."
"We have to have positive male role models."
"If what you are doing is important, you will encounter resistance. If what you are doing isn't important it will be easy."
"We don't think of our flaws as the glue that binds us to the people we love, but they are. Grace only sticks to your imperfections."
"There are two types of men in this world--one is looking for a woman to make his life complete and the other is looking for a woman to join his complete life."
"And if these mountains had eyes, they would wake to find two strangers in their fences, standing in admiration as a breathing red pours its tinge upon earth's shore. These mountains, which have seen untold sunrises, long to thunder praise but stand reverent, silent so that man's weak praise should be given God's attention."
"I don't know why it is, exactly, but the people with the healthiest self-esteem, are also the greatest at intimacy. I'm not talking about arrogant people. I'm talking about people who know they are both good and bad yet believe at the deepest level they are really good for people."
"The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love."
"There's a genius part of you that wants to create. That part of you wants to talk to God. Get out of the way."
"I heard once that real love doesn't ask what is in it for me; it just gives unconditionally. It just tries to take the weight out of somebody else's pack, lessen his load, and if it gets reciprocated, that's great, but that isn't what you did it for."
"It is no coincidence that Jesus talks endlessly about love. Free love. Unconditional love."
"Lets choose to do something really difficult, something that saves lives, and let's do that thing with people we love."
"When I was in love there was somebody in the world who was more important than me, and that, given all that happened at the fall of man, is a miracle, like something God forgot to curse."
"I want to start replacing my “fix” response with an “enjoy” response and just let people be themselves."
"If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not we are really following Jesus."
"Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will."
"Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain."