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John Stuart Mill Philosopher, Political Economist
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"It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion of the empire under the auspices of Marcus Aurelius instead of those of Constantine."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
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"Someday, someday, this crazy world will have to end, And our God will take things back that He to us did lend. And if, on that sad day, you want to scold our God, Why just go ahead and scold Him. He'll just smile and nod."

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"In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger patterns in which it is embedded, the patterns of the same size that surround it, and the smaller patterns which are embedded in it."

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Woodrow Wilson Politician
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"The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"The mind says there is nothing beyond the physical world; the HEART says there is, and I've been there many times."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire."

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Hannah Arendt Philosopher, Political Theorist
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"The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is a more violent world."

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"We're both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We're connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me."

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Muhammad Ali Boxer, Activist
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"There are billions of people in the world, and every one of them is special. No one else in the world is like you."

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"Surrealism in painting amounted to little more than the contents of a meagerly stocked dream world: a few witty fantasies, mostly wet dreams and agoraphobic nightmares."

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