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Less possessed – more assessed.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":9},3293517,"For Man is held by everything he holds. Release your grip on things if you would not be in their grip.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},3293510,"It is my light that sees me in your eye. It is your light that sees you in my eye. 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So long as men cast shadows on the earth, so long as each man’s god no greater than hi shadow. The shadow-less only are all in the light. The shadow-less only know one god. For god is Light, and Light alone is able to know Light.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":9},3293493,"Be steady. Make ready. Keep your eyes, and ears, and tongues on fast so that your hearts may know that holy hunger which, once appeased, leaves you forever full. 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His words reflect the turmoil he witnessed as communities shifted between cultural heritage and emerging national identities.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nNaimy's paradoxical statement reveals a profound observation: Love is not a transaction but an identity. It defies conventional notions of give-and-take, challenging the idea that value can be measured or exchanged. Instead, Love becomes one with its actions, dissolving the distinctions between giving and taking.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, approach relationships as an evolution of self rather than a series of exchanges. By integrating your contributions and vulnerabilities into your very being, you transcend the limitations of transactional thinking, allowing for more profound connections and a sense of unity with others.",{"id":79,"quote_text":80,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":25,"author":81,"source":82,"quote_tag":83,"commentary":9},3293477,"If then, your world be such a baffling riddle, it is because you are that baffling riddle. And if your speech be such a woeful maze, it is because you are that woeful maze.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":85,"totalPages":86,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":87},1,11,10]