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«Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.»
«Love is, above all, the gift of oneself»
«In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.»
«I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.»
«''To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.»
«To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.»
«Love is union with somebody, or something, outside oneself, under the condition of retaining the separateness and integrity of one's own self.»
«In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.»
«Merely through the constant need to ward off, one can become weak enough to be unable to defend oneself any longer.»
«It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.»

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