The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

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"The first duty of love is to listen."

- Paul Tillich

Love

"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich

Awareness

"It has created the word ‘loneliness’ to express the pain of being alone.  And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich

Awareness

"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone, and solitude expresses the glory of being alone."

- Paul Tillich

Self-awareness

"Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free."

- Paul Tillich

Courage

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"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."

- Beauty and the Beast

Courage

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."

- Mark Twain

Courage

"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."

- Tracee Ellis Ross

Courage

"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."

- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Courage

"Courage, dear heart."

- C.S. Lewis

Courage