A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

Alfred Adler
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  1. Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.

  2. Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

  3. Seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.

  4. It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

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