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People who own their lives do not feel guilty when they make choices about where they are going. They take other people into consideration, but when they make choices for the wishes of others, they are choosing out of love, not guilt; to advance a good, not to avoid a bad.

People who own their lives do not feel guilty when they make choices about where they are going. They take other people into consideration, but when they make choices for the wishes of others, they are choosing out of love, not guilt; to advance a good, not to avoid a bad.

Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern

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Henry Cloud
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Approximate author period: c. 1956 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Henry Cloud: documented birth year 1956; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5719588, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5719588 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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