Do your emotions feel too intense? Then you are meant to feel this deeply, to evoke profound transformation in yourself and to extend empathy to others. ― Robin S. Baker

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We have experienced so many changes in such a short time that we’ve lost our common bonds. ― Jessica Marie Baumgartner

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Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can. — Martha Graham

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Both then and now, the most powerful means of creating community is to tell stories. ― Jacob L. Wright

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Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha

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I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace—those would be more realistic goals. — Brad Pitt

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Without christ, there is no Christian community. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

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We are not a gaggle of geese or a pride of lions or a murder of crows...but a symphony of storytellers. ― Katherine Paterson

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Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake. — Edward Dahlberg

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Networks like schools are not communities, just as school training is not education. ― John Taylor Gatto

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