"The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked, than the supine, secure, and negligent."

-- Benjamin Franklin

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“I love the church. And the church is flawed. I think it's important that the issues of justice become important to the church. A lot of these churches don't necessarily take on justice because it affects dollars that come in. We need to start and assess the areas that we're in and not be so obsessed with becoming this big, huge church where everybody's pointing at one leader! We all should be pointing at Jesus, and if that's true we got to get to a place where the people become important to us. It kills me! It hurts me! Jesus has set the example. It's very clear!”
“When a girl feels that sheâ€™s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. Thatâ€™s charm”
“A frog in a well does not know the great sea.”

Source : Chris Bradford (2010). “The Ring of Earth (Young Samurai, Book 4): The Ring of Earth”, p.58, Penguin UK
“I keep trying to find ways to shift the viewer's attention away from the object they are looking at and toward their own perceptual process in relation to that object. The question for me always is: how can I make you aware of your own activity of looking, instead of losing your attention to thoughts about what it is that you are looking at?”
“The use of market values and technology as a social barometer has devalued the worth of individuals, rendered irrelevant the quality of their lives, and stunted their creativity.”

Source : Sulak Sivaraksa (1992). “Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society”
“When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.”
“The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.”
“Even the most thorough change happens once choice at a time”

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