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How Then, Shall We Live?: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives

This book delves into four fundamental inquiries that challenge readers to reflect on the deeper aspects of life, seeking to illuminate the beauty and significance of their own experiences. more

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Wayne Muller
Wayne Muller

Wayne Muller is a renowned author, born in 1953. His works span various fields, including spirituality, social justice, and environmental protection. Muller's writing style is highly appreciated by readers, and his books have gained widespread popularity around the world. more

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“As we explore the nature of our gift, our goal is to move toward this kind of giving: cheerful giving that flows gently and easily, kingly giving that flows surely from who we are. As we encounter the questions—Who are we ? What do we love ?—the gift we bring will be easy, because our gift naturally emerges from who we are. The offering we bring is ourselves, just as we are. Our gift is our true nature. There can be no greater gift than this.”

“Every single choice we make, no matter how small, is the ground where who we are meets what is in the world. And the fruits of that essential relationship- the intimate, fertile conversation between our own heart's wisdom and the way the world has emerged before us- becomes a lifelong practice of deep and sacred listening for the next right thing we are required to do. We make the only choice that feels authentic and honest, necessary and true in that moment.”

“Men are confused. They're conflicted. They want a woman who's their intellectual equal, but they're afraid of women like that. They want a woman they can dominate, but then they hate her for being weak. It's an ambivalence that goes back to a man's relationship with his mother. Source of his life, center of his universe, object of both his fear and his love.”