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“Everything, no matter how evident or obvious, should be doubted, questioned, viewed with suspicion....There is much to be gained from the discovery that one has been deeply, persistently, and utterly wrong.”
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“War only in the ring. Peace on earth”
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“The only thing worth having in an earthly existence is a sense of humor.”
Source : Lincoln Steffens (1936). “Lincoln Steffens speaking”
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“Tonight, no matter what you're going through... backtrack and remember all the places where God has been so faithful before in your life. And know. Know with assurance. And boldness. And confidence. He is the same faithful God.”
Source : FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Oct 27, 2014 
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“We are talking only to ourselves. We are not talking to the rivers, we are not listening to the wind and stars. We have broken the great conversation. By breaking that conversation we have shattered the universe. All the disasters that are happening now are a consequence of that spiritual 'autism.'”
Source : Thich Nhat Hanh, John Stanley, David Loy, Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim (2013). “Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth”, p.59, The Golden Sufi Center
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“War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit.”
Source : "The Great War for Civilization". Book by Robert Fisk, 2005.
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“[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.”
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“You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.”
