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Rachel Naomi Remen
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“Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion.”
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“People have the natural capacity to affirm and embrace life in the most difficult of circumstances.”
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“We serve life not because it is broken but because it is holy.”
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“Everybody is a story.”
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“Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.”
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“The sacred lives beyond labels and judgment, in the wood-of-no-names.”
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“We may need to let go of our beliefs and ideas about life in order to have life.”
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“Anger is just a demand for change, a passionate wish for things to be different.”
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“What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.”
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“Fear is the friction in all transitions.”
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“When we pray, we don't change the world, we change ourselves.”
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“An unanswered question is a fine traveling companion. It sharpens your eye for the road.”
Rachel Naomi Remen, U.S. physician, psychotherapist, pioneer in integrative medicine
(1938)