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Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

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I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

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You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

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The figure of Satan and the fires of hell have been demythologized by modern Christian biblical scholars, theologians and philosophers.

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The unlimited power that many modern gurus offer is false hope. Their programs calling us to unlimited power have made them rich, not us. They touch our false selves and tap our toxic shame.

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In my family, as in all dysfunctional families, instead of parents who act as strong and nurturing role models for their children, you get these needy people who use their children. I was the kid who tried to take on the marriage.

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When I walked out of the seminary, I was 31, but I was like a scared, frightened kid. I had no place to live, no license, no clothes. I was just a lost soul.

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As a child I was not allowed to express my feelings, so I had to go back through therapy and express the child's pain.

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Many self-help books give you these neat, tidy formulas that are really illusions. They dupe people into thinking, 'Well if I can just do that, then everything's going to be okay.' My work differs in that I don't offer quick solutions and simple explanations.

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In a sense, all of my books have been about a 'poisonous pedagogy,' which engenders a culture of obedience, this underlying theme of patriarchal systems.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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