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“Change is the essence of life; change is the great challenge, the great constant. Change is the ultimate teller of tales.”
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“Woman must come of age by herself. ... She must find her true center alone. ”
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“But living fully doesn't mean having it all, going everywhere, doing everything, and being all things to all people. Many of us are beginning to see that too much is too much. Doing too much and having too much get in the way of being able to enjoy the things we do want in our lives, and to simply be who we are.”
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“The things we fear most in organizations — fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances — need not be signs of an impending disorder that will destroy us. Instead, fluctuations are the primary source of creativity.”
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“Strange, that certain superiority the goer-away feels for the stayer-at-home.”
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“Children must help shell peas. In a world of things too big, getting peas from pods is a chance for pea-sized people to exercise authority.”
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“The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the formulas of nations at war, where any heinousness is justified on the grounds that the enemy is either an inferior [part of the] species or really not human at all.”
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“Sin is living according to your own plan. Sin is trying to fill up your own life rather than allowing God to fill you. Sin is being willing to stay where you are rather than go through the pain and joy of being in process.”