"There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men."

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Source : "The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux" by Black Elk, 1953.

Black Elk

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“I'm a UFC fighter, a macho-type sport. I am a heterosexual guy in a tough macho sport, which is exactly the reason I feel a duty to say I support gay marriage and gay rights. I have nothing to gain personally from supporting this issue, and that's the point. Society as a whole is better when there is equality, and I want to live in a country where everyone has the same rights because we all benefit from that”

Source : "UFC Fighter Rashad Evans Comes Out In Support Of Gay Marriage" by Jim Budzinski, www.businessinsider.com. March 13, 2013,.
“Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.”
“And now I'm using sarcasm, to confess the whole thing so later I could say I already told you.”
“In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.”
“I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.”
“Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.”

Source : Constantine P. Cavafy, “Ithaca”
“A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of state-inflicted death, which chiefly serves to remind us how close we remain to the jungle.”

Source : Ramsey Clark (1971). “Crime in America”
“And as far as I can see the world is too old for us to talk about it with our new words.”

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