"Few find inner peace but this is not because they try and fail, it is because they do not try. . . When your life is governed by the divine nature instead of the self-centered nature you have found inner peace."

-- Peace Pilgrim

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“We do not homeschool to avoid wicked people. We homeschool so we wicked people can talk all day about the one Man who wasnâ€™t wicked.”
“Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.”
“Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.”

Source : "Beyond world peace: Getting through the dreaded question-and-answer portion of #MissUniverse". www.yahoo.com. January 26, 2015.
“The public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.”
“The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices.”
“When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.”
“I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a passive consumer...education as the practice of freedom.... education that connects the will to know with the will to become. Learning is a place where paradise can be created.”
“Solidarity is not a matter of sentiment but a fact, cold and impassive as the granite foundations of a skyscraper. If the basic elements, identity of interest, clarity of vision, honesty of intent, and oneness of purpose, or any of these is lacking, all sentimental pleas for solidarity, and all other efforts to achieve it will be barren of results.”

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