"Nothing is so strong as gentleness."
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"Jealousy is not love, but self-love."
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"If you're not at peace with yourself, you can't be at peace with anyone else."
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"Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else."
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"Love is never outside ourselves; love is within us."
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"What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience."
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"So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself."
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"The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem."
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"To bring yourself love and happiness, do what you can to bring them to others."
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"If you create any open space within yourself, love will fill it."
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"Loving Others Starts with Loving Myself"
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"By Heaven, I love thee better than myself"
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"If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining."
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"Never underestimate the Pricey."
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"A friend's only gift is himself."
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"Love wishes to perpetuate itself. Love wishes for immortality."
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"It is my dominant intent to be good to me."
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"He who will not be counseled cannot be helped."
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"She better liked to see him free and happy, even than to have him near her, because she loved him better than herself."
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"I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there."
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