We are

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We are already that we are seeking. 

Kyan Douglas

Love

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Love looks not with the eyes,
but with the mind.

William Shakespeare

Grace

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I do not at all understand the mystery of grace –
only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us
where it found us. 

Anne Lamott

Justice

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Justice constitutes the first condition of humanity. 

Wole Soyinka, The Burden of Memory, The Muse of Forgiveness

Writer

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     The writer, unless he is a mere word
     processor, retains three attributes
     that power-mad regimes cannot
     tolerate; a human imagination, in
     many forms it may take; the power to
     communicate; and hope.
       
       Margaret Atwood

Nothing/Everything

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When we are nothing, we are in a fine position to receive everything from God.

Richard Rohr, Everything Belongs

Peace

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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself. 

Seneca

Asleep

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There's nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

The Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Simplicity

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Simplicity of living, if deliberately chosen, implies a compassionate approach to life. It means that we are choosing to live our daily lives with some degree of conscious appreciation of the condition of the rest of the world.

Duane Elgin

Imperative of Humanity

To make pain real is the task of the writer.  To pursue the end of pain is the imperative of humanity.

Alice Sebold