"It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure."

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"Love is a friendship set to music."

- Joseph Campbell

Love

"I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive."

- Joseph Campbell

Awareness

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come."

- Joseph Campbell

Transformation

"We must be willing to get rid of the life weve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come."

- Joseph Campbell

Transformation

"We must be willing to get rid of the life weve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come."

- Joseph Campbell

Transformation

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"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."

- Max DePree

Growth

"How marvelous is the generation with which you deal. We have never had a generation its equal in all of the history of the Church. They are better educated. They are more familiar with the scriptures. I believe they pray with a greater measure of faith, have a greater desire to do the will of the Lord, are more active in the Church, go into the world as better prepared missionaries, and live to become better parents."

- President Gordon B. Hinckley

Growth

"Allow yourself the opportunity to get uncomfortable."

- Alex Toussaint

Growth

"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."

- Tony Robbins

Growth

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

- Mary Tyler Moore

Growth