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Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.Rachel Naomi Remen
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Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.Rachel Naomi Remen
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Medicine is as close to love as it is to science, and its relationships matter even at the edge of life itself.Rachel Naomi Remen
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If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.Rachel Naomi Remen
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In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all cost, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness.Rachel Naomi Remen
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Inner peace is more a question of cultivating perspective, meaning, and wisdom even as life touches you with its pain.Rachel Naomi Remen
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Belief traps or frees us.Rachel Naomi Remen
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We burn out not because we don't care but because we don't grieve. We burn out because we have allowed our hearts to become so filled with loss that we have no room left to care.Rachel Naomi Remen
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Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.Rachel Naomi Remen