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This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.
This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.
Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
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- Peter Kreeft
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- Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
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