"He who does not desire much more from things than knowledge of them easily makes peace with his soul."
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"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
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"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war."
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"When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable."
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"Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart."
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"Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace."
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"Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. This need we may call self-actualization."
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"If a war be undertaken...before the resources of peace have been tried and proved vain to secure it, that war has no defense, it is a national crime."
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"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."
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"He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven."
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"I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings."
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"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war."
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"Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace."
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"A smile is the beginning of peace."
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"The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people."
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"Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance in almost everything."
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"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."
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"To the wicked, everything serves as pretext."
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"It is important to remind young people that peace is the only victory."
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"I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen."
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