"Human experience resembles the battered moon that tracks us in cycles of light and darkness, of life and death, now seeking out and now stealing away from the sun that gives it light and symbolizes eternity."
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Eugene Kennedy was a distinguished American psychologist, author, and educator, widely recognized for his profound contributions to the fields of psychology and spirituality. Born in 1928, Kennedy's career spanned over five decades, during which he authored more than 35 books, including notable works on human relationships and the complexities of faith. His insightful explorations of the human condition continue to resonate today, as they bridge the gap between psychological understanding and spiritual inquiry. Kennedy's legacy is one of deep empathy and intellectual rigor, inspiring countless individuals on their journeys of self-discovery.
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"9/11 revealed that those about to die do not seem afraid or plead for forgiveness for their sins, if they think about them at all. They all have one thing in mind - those they love - and they all do the same thing: They call them up - spouses, family or friends - to tell them they love them."
Eugene Kennedy"There would be no need for love if perfection were possible. Love arises from our imperfection, from our being different and always in need of the forgiveness, encouragement and that missing half of ourselves that we are searching for, as the Greek myth tells us, in order to complete ourselves."
Eugene Kennedy"Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not."
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"The real test of friendship is: can you literally do nothing with the other person? Can you enjoy those moments of life that are utterly simple?"
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"The object of religion is the imagination, that deep and inexhaustible font of our understanding and symbolizing our deepest possibilities."
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"St. Pope John XXIII called for the Second Vatican Council because he understood, as no Holy Father had in a long time, religion spoke to and found its language and symbols - its entire sense of the sacramental nature of existence - in the imagination that reveals not just the penalties of living, but the wonder and awe of our existence."
Eugene Kennedy"Hierarchical formulations died because their wedding cake levels posited a multiply fractured cosmos that does not match the Space Age revelation of a unified universe in which the earth is clearly in, rather than separated from, the heavens. Hierarchical representations do not reflect what either the world or we are like."
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"Pope Benedict XVI's resignation is big on buzz but is not the stunning surprise claimed by many pundits. It is rather a further example of the German theology professor's style that informed his years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, his term as pope, and the formation of his legacy to the church."
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