"It's better to build a peaceful child than re-build a violent adult."
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"This world is too peaceful, too acquiescent, too tame. It is a circumcised world. Nay! - a castrated world! It must be made fiercer, before it can become grander and better and - more natural."
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"What comes from outside, one mistakes it as coming from inside. So many thoughts etc. move about outside in the universal - these manifest inside you. All these you must push away as foreign to you and the inside must be made peaceful, calm and quiet; then it will start descending from above."
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"A lot of celebrities golf because they want to be away. For them it's a chance to get away and be peaceful. For me it's peaceful to ride [cycling]."
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"A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power."
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"May the devil take these peoples movements, especially when they are 'peaceful'."
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"Education is the best way to train ourselves that we will secure our own well-being by concerning ourselves with others. It is possible to create a better world, a more compassionate, more peaceful world, which is not only in everyone’s interest, but is everyone’s responsibility to achieve."
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"As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful."
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"We want to live and love and build a just and peaceful society."
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"The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout."
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"My liberty is about living. It's about spreading more love. Even though I was always a peaceful, loving individual, my music sometimes didn't reflect that. But now it's different. My music is reflecting the way I feel."
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"Revolutions are never peaceful."
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"The response that comes from chanting is in the form of bliss, or spiritual happiness, which is a much higher taste than any happiness found here in the material world. That's why I say that the more you do it, the more you don't want to stop, because it feels so nice and peaceful."
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"Racial understanding is not something we find, but something that we must create. Through education, we seek to change attitudes."
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"Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; peaceful resolution of conflicts; and mutual respect between people of different faiths and cultures."
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"Through awareness, you get a certain attitude. That's the way, you see, to achieve more peaceful, more compassion, more friendship through that way."
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"If someone remains in a peaceful and tranquil state of mind, external surroundings can cause them only a limited disturbance."
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"Remember that you will create peace only when you are peaceful."
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"I realized the only time I felt complete and peaceful was while I was playing or shortly afterwards, even though it was in front of thousands of other people, which most people wouldn't consider to be a safe place."
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"Begin Practicing the Intention to be Authentic & Peaceful with Everyone"
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