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“Experience is a supreme teacher, but experience is not something that can be taught. It has to be learned through choice and consequence.”
“Forgiveness is a choice. You control how you respond to something or someone. You can't change things that happened in the past, but you can decide how you let them affect you.”
“Self redemption is the first step to exoneration from guilt.”
“Choosing one thing over another doesn't necessarily mean we love the thing we choose. If given the choice to eat spinach or broccoli, you may choose broccoli. It may only mean you don't want to eat...”
“There's no choice that doesn't mean a loss.”
“Every choice is a loss. The past is not where you left it.”
“My inheritance is grief and sunlight and the ability to choose which to hold on to.”
“Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.”
“Most often we are victims by our own choice.”
“Choose being kind over being right and you'll be right every time.”
“You can not go back. That's why it's hard to choose. You have to make the right choice. As long, as you don't choose, everything remains possible.”
“It's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed. Why I love that line, that concept, is that it reminds me that we carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but...”
“Why are you doing this? Amanvah whispered, her accent thick like her mothers, but every word clear. My mother would not be so kind to one who tried to poison her.Nor would mine, but we are not our ...”
“To choose the right is to reject the wrong.”
“Since we have to make choices in life, why not choose the good ones?”
“Happiness is not something we can find. Happiness is a state of being. It is a choice we make at any particular moment. It is a feeling we can choose without any reason.”
“That is normal...To be afraid. Do not let anyone tell you any different. No one can ever say that what you feel is right or wrong, or pointless or unworthy of your time. That is a truth for you to ...”
“No one can please a man who is not at peace with himself.”
“Look to your heart and soul first, rather than looking to your head first, when choosing. Rather than what you think, consider instead how you feel. Look to the nature of things. Feel your choices ...”
“Love isn't a choice. I can't control how I feel about him any more than I can control the sun in the sky. But what I can do is control what I do with those feelings.”
