Fasting is the nuclear bomb of defeating lust. It’s not that you can’t defeat lust…
Tag: cultural quotes
Lust exhausts energy that could otherwise be devoted to building meaningful relationships with others. It…
If you knew how painful it was to be that person, maybe you would judge…
A man/woman who will fight for his/her present family will fight for his/her future family.…
It’s amazing how beliefs change as pain gets processed. Walk In Integrity
Our problem is never a lack of faith. A man who doubts miracles has no…
Not taking care of our health is selfish when there are people who depend on…
Instead of buying your children all the things you never had, you should teach them…
The lowest form of connection is connection based on shared hatred, dislike, disgust, or criticism.…
The problem isn’t that we overthink. People can think (and talk) day and night and…
Integrity starts with self, because how we treat ourselves is the basis for how we…
Dwelling on the past or the future is symptomatic of a lack of felt love…
When we are younger, we try to change to be like how others want us…
Love is a kind of emotional insurance. When we have love, we know that if…
Why is it when we see someone acting out in suffering, whether it’s a celebrity…
Remember that if you really want to motivate yourself, love is more powerful than fear.…
We tend to treat people the way we treat ourselves. If we are harsh and…
“Wisdom” that is not grounded in love is thinly veiled stupidity. Walk In Integrity
If you find yourself in a place where is no love, and you are not…
Sometimes we are so afraid of losing others, we never stop to weigh the cost…
We are constantly searching for meaning in our work, skills, accomplishments, reputation, affiliations, clothes, jewelry,…
A culture that ostracizes people for misdemeanors they have committed is not a culture motivated…
Our anxiety, depression, addiction, bad habits, and toxic behaviors are the measure of how far…
Make space in your heart for those who remained. Walk In Integrity
Ask, If everybody in the world was like me (character-wise), would people be more or…
We cannot love people well whom we are afraid of. Walk In Integrity
Turning off our inner dialogue from time to time, whether it’s through meditation, exercise, or…
To say, “I am independent” is a lot like saying, “I am humble.” It’s a…
Courage is the embrace of some fear. Love increases courage because love says “Even if…
We spend every waking and sleeping moment with ourselves. It follows that how we treat…
According to a Ted Talk given by Maya Diamond, the key to building healthy relationships…
In the modern world, they say “The way to take over is no longer through…
The way people are wired biologically in regards to their emotional responses is that if…
The inability to control an impulse, like drugs, gambling, or pornography, always owes to some…
It is often difficult to show honor to people who are close to us, because…
People, like Christ, who seek out the pain of others, are the exception, not the…
People don’t want to be exposed to the unhapiness of others. Pain is burdensome. Pain…
Positive outcomes in life are a combination of effort (work) and faith (belief). This can…
Researcher Spencer Zitman said resistance to apply the term “addiction” to hypersexual behavior is “more…
When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside you can do no harm. African…
Discipline typically has more to do with control than it does pain (consistent work versus…
Some people are by nature more sensitive than others. Sensitivity, to be sure, is not…
If you listen too much to the suffering, the anger of other people, you will…
We cannot control whether others choose to listen to us and understand us. However, we…
We love a bird, so we trap it, put it in a cage, and clip…
My brothers and I had a tough time growing up in a single-parent home. My…
When we show understanding to others, we interpret their bad behavior in a way that…
Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about, so be kind, both in their…
Porn is like trash food. Many of us have gotten so accustomed to consuming it,…
Don’t wait for the dragon of lust and temptation to breathe fire before taking action;…
The most attractive people I’ve ever met were not the most physically beautifully or the…
People in control of themselves do not seek to control others. Their need for power…
He is no fool who trades short-lived pleasures that do not satisfy for lasting pleasures…
People are works in progress, not final products. People are dynamic evolving organisms, not ready…
A good human being doesn’t need to do that. A fulfilled human being doesn’t need…
Porn addiction is the only major addiction I can think of that society doesn’t take…
Modern people don’t see God because they don’t look low enough. Carl Jung
They say “When a flower doesn’t bloom, you don’t fix the flower. You change the…
Gluttony, or habitually excessive eating, is a vice you will rarely ever hear the culture…
The first victim of revenge is always the vehicle by which it is carried out.…
Absent porn and masturbation, a man’s sexual urges drive him to go out and interact…
The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Sun Tzu, The Art Of War
Dysfunctional people experience anxiety around functional people because their presence highlights and exposes their dysfunction…
The problem with building up walls in response to being hurt is two-fold. First, vulnerability…
Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens. J.R.R. Tolkien
Gratitude is all about perspective. Someone returning home from a poor area has a newfound…
Breathing is easy except to someone who has asthma. The ABCs are easy except to…
Waiting for anything is hard when we are discontent with what we already hard. Waiting…
As a human, it’s natural to puzzle over the question of “why?” Why did this…
I am happy for you. I am happy that you found a way out of…
Life has a way of moving the goal posts, kind of like a video game.…
I could not swim. I went to forage camp, and I was in 6th grade.…
Telling the truth produces short-term conflict, but it produces long-term peace. Jordan Peterson
The present moment is the only guarantee we have in life. Everything else is a…
Ants are small and weak, and enslave other ants. Dolphins are large and regal, yet…
You don’t make a man stronger by making other men or women weaker. You don’t…
People who overcome have no need to blame anyone, including themselves. Blame is a loser’s…
We spend so much of our lives trying to become something different and then one…
When we do a good deed that no one sees or acknowledges, it can be…
Anyone who does not have compassion for children and animals cannot be trusted. How we…
Sometimes we don’t find the love we need in people we think owe it to…
Human history is repetitive. The same stories and patterns and behaviors get cycled time and…
In other words, the addiction wasn’t your problem. Your problem was you had a lot…
Addiction is an attempt to escape suffering temporarily. Gabor Mate
Someone who will gossip with you will gossip about you. Someone who will cheat with…
Some things don’t need to be explained to get, they just need meditated on to…
Thanks to pornography, a man can have a brothel in his own home. Steve Gallagher
A memory is the legacy of an experience. Corrupt experiences create bad memories. Wholesome experiences…
Don’t let a temporary temptation do permanent damage to your heart, mind, and relationships. Walk…
Just as our worst moments don’t define us, we shouldn’t define others by theirs. Walk…
The ability to speak freely about a person or past experience or situation or trauma…
When we seek to understand others, we seek to identify the reason or story behind…
Have enough faith in yourself, God, and your processes to know that things will work…
We never want to be in a situation where we need to “get lucky” for…
When you show people love, you give them a good feeling they would otherwise have…
If you are tempted to be angry with your mother, remember that she carried you…
