Melody Beattie (1948) American writer
Source: The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
“This teaching is to live as we think, otherwise, sooner or later, we end up thinking as we lived.”
Cet enseignement, c'est qu'il faut vivre comme on pense, sinon, tôt ou tard, on finit par penser comme on a vécu.
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