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• What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctions between flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time and matter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so long forgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul is nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of every woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.

  George Leonard

  Inspirational, Brother, Wall

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• Attempts to help humans eliminate all self-ratings and views self-esteem as a self-defeating concept that encourages them to make conditional evaluations of self. Instead, it teaches people unconditional self-acceptance.

  Albert Ellis

  Self Esteem, Acceptance, Views

  Albert Ellis (1990). “The essential Albert Ellis: seminal writings on psychotherapy”, Springer Publishing Company

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• If joining IBM was commitment, not employment, and the company engaged in something more than business, it had a right to demand of its men unconditional loyalty, Watson believed.

  Thomas Watson

  Loyalty, Business, Commitment

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• Life, as we all know, is conflict, and man, being part of life, is himself an expression of conflict. If he recognizes the fact and accepts it, he is apt, despite the conflict, to know peace and to enjoy it. But to arrive at this end, which is only a beginning (for we haven’t begun to live yet!), a man has got to learn the doctrine of acceptance, that is, of unconditional surrender, which is love.

  Henry Miller

  Acceptance, Men, Expression

  Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.254, New Directions Publishing

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• God, When I was alone, and had nothing, I asked for a friend to help me bear the pain, No one came, except God, When I needed a breath to rise, from my sleep, No one could help me.. except God, When all I saw was sadness, and I needed answers, No one heard me, except God, So when I'm asked.. who I give my unconditional love to? I look for no other name, except God

  Tupac Shakur

  Pain, Sadness, Sleep

  Song: God

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• The unconditional love for you child, it's truly amazing.

  Jourdan Dunn

  Children, Unconditional Love, Parenting

  "Jourdan Dunn Opens Up About Son’s Illness, Being A Single Mother". I.D. Magazine, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2011.

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• True love is unconditional. And if it is a 'Conditions Apply' scenari, then it isn't true love. It is as good as a mutual fund.

  Ravinder Singh

  Love Is, Mutual Fund, Conditions

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• Working with family is probably one of the hardest things in business, but it can also be one of the most rewarding. You have to be very, very careful that you don't overstep the boundaries that you wouldn't with anyone else. Sometimes, we think that the unconditional love they have for us makes overstepping boundaries alright. It's really not. You have to work harder to not damage the family dynamic. That lasts forever.

  Paula Deen

  Hard Work, Unconditional Love, Thinking

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• If you ever had a pet, with me it was a dog, with that sort of unconditional love that only dogs can give, people can't do that; that sort of thing where it's very powerful, it's kind of your first love and your first real relationship, and usually your first experience with death.

  Tim Burton

  Dog, Powerful, Real

  View London Interview, www.viewlondon.co.uk.

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• If unconditional love, loyalty, and obedience are the tickets to an eternal life, then my black Labrador, Venus, will surely be there long before me, along with all the dear animals in nature who care for their young at great cost to themselves and have suffered so much at the hands of humans.

  Richard Rohr

  Loyalty, Unconditional Love, Animal

  Richard Rohr (2013). “Immortal Diamond: The search for our true self”, p.124, SPCK

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• Love is made up of three unconditional properties in equal measure: 1. Acceptance 2. Understanding 3. Appreciation Remove any one of the three and the triangle falls apart. Which, by the way, is something highly inadvisable. Think about it — do you really want to live in a world of only two dimensions? So, for the love of a triangle, please keep love whole.

  Vera Nazarian

  Appreciation, Fall, Acceptance

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• I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Unconditional Love, People, Trying

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• The Buddha’s principal message that day was that holding on to anything blocks wisdom. Any conclusion that we draw must be let go. The only way to fully understand the bodhichitta teachings, the only way to practice them fully, is to abide in the unconditional openness of the prajna, patiently cutting through all our tendencies to hang on.

  Pema Chodron

  Letting Go, Block, Teaching

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• I think in a lot of ways unconditional love is a myth. My mom's the only reason I know it's a real thing.

  Conor Oberst

  Mom, Real, Unconditional Love

  "Conor Oberst: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 22, 2008.

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• It's terrifying, that unconditional love you have for a child. I still wonder if she really came from me, from my womb. It's a miracle. I don't understand it. I live it very intensely.

  Anne Parillaud

  Children, Love You, Unconditional Love

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• There is but one unconditional commandment ... to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.

  William James

  Helping Others, Volunteer, Commandments

  William James (1956). “The Will to Believe: And Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, and Human Immortality”, p.209, Courier Corporation

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• Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.

  Bernie Siegel

  Best Love, Powerful, Unconditional Love

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• Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn`t just a strong feeling. It is a decision, a judgment, and a promise.

  Paulo Coelho

  Strong, Commitment, Unconditional Love

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• You can never completely get it - being a Christian - but I think I really got it when my first son was born in 2006. I just realized the love that God has for all of us. It was seeing my son born and knowing the unconditional love that I have for him.

  Mark Teixeira

  Christian, Son, Unconditional Love

  "New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira on God’s forgiveness". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. July 5, 2011.

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• You know how sometimes you're talking to people who love you and give you unconditional love, and you say, "But you know what? Let me back up. I forgot to say . . ."You can do that, right? You don't hesitate and say, "Oh my God! I forgot to say that!". You just speak! And you say it all, until you have nothing more to say. And that's your first draft. It's done.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Love You, Unconditional Love, Talking

  "Talking in Our Pajamas". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. Summer, 2008.

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• A mother's love is supposed to be unconditional. That you could give your child up, over their sexuality, is unthinkable.

  Kim Wayans

  Mother, Children, Love Is

  Source: collider.com

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• God's love is unconditional. Be sure that yours is too!

  Saint Augustine

  Love Is, God's Love

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• My unconditional sure thing is that I don't have one.

  Henry Rollins

  Sure Thing

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• Rather than accepting that we are the loving beings that He created, we have arrogantly thought that we could create ourselves, and then create God. Because we are angry and judgmental, we have projected those characteristics onto Him. We have made up a God in our image. But God remains who He is and always has been: the energy, the thought of unconditional love.

  Marianne Williamson

  Unconditional Love, Energy, Judgmental

  Marianne Williamson (2009). “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• One of the nice things about a favorite pop song is that it's an unconditional truce on judgment and musical snobbery. You like the song because you just do, and there need not be any further criticism.

  Henry Rollins

  Song, Nice, Musical

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