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1 " Human beings possess the gift of personal freedom and liberty of the mind. We each possess the sovereignty over the body and mind to define ourselves and embrace the values that we wish to exemplify. Personal autonomy enables humans to take independent action and use reason to establish moral values. We are part of nature. Consciousness, human cognition, and awareness of our own mortality allow us to script an independent survival reality and not merely react to environmental forces. "
― , Dead Toad Scrolls
2 " Tis only when faced with our own mortality that we truly realize what it means to be alive, "
3 " *And to keep her immune system strong she followed Dr. Goodhue's advice to abstain from alcohol, get plenty of fresh air and exercise, and consume a nourishing diet, low in salt. Page 144" Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never our master." . Page 204" I've come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death ... Is the true measure of the Divine within us." . . . " I used to wonder, why did God give children leprosy? Now I believe: God doesn't give anyone leprosy. He gives us, if we choose to use it, the spirit to live with leprosy, and with the imminence of death. Because it is in our own mortality that we are most Divine." . Page 307**" With wonder and a growing absence of fear she realized, I am more than I was an hour ago." . Page 372**my favorite! "
