The One And Only Way To Achieve Peace

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and co-operation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 – 1969)
Is eternal peace even possible? Given the present set of circumstances under which we live and have developed in terms of civilization, not likely.
When most of us think [...]

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Someone Is Doing You A Favour

One can never pay in gratitude; one can pay “in kind” somewhere else in life. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
This quote may seem out of place to some people. Their lives have not been graced by good deeds or favours done for them by others and they have little time or interest in doing something for [...]

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Shut Up and Listen

It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 – 1894)
To have knowledge one must have learned. To have wisdom one must have learned. So where do speaking and listening come into it?
An expert auto mechanc usually has at least one large metal [...]

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You Don’t Know Diddly! I Know Diddly

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
- Erin Majors
The ignorant work for their own profit; the wise work for the welfare of the world.
- Bhagavad-Gita, Hindu Song of God, about 200 BCE
These two quotes go well together because they demonstrate that the same kind of people-helping-people concept of the right way of conducting our [...]

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Islands In A Common Sea

“I feel we are all islands – in a common sea.”
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The older I get and the more I learn about life and existence, the more apt this quote seems.
Each of us is an island, remote and distinct from all others because no one knows us nearly as well as we know ourselves. [...]

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Sex Is The Issue

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion,
enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
- Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900)
Strange, I believe, for someone whose sexuality went against the norm to express an opinion about relationships between the sexes with such conviction.
Wilde’s opinion certainly went with the flow of society on this subject, though [...]

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When Money Became God

“I don’t know whether my life has been a success or a failure. But not having any anxiety about becoming one instead of the other, and just taking things as they come along, I’ve had a lot of extra time to enjoy life.”
- Harpo Marx (the “silent” Marx brother, he played the harp beautifully)
I have [...]

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Will There Be A You After You die?

If we really want to pray, we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.
- Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa was speaking only to those who believe in prayer, as she had little time for those who did not believe unless they needed her help or they wanted to donate to [...]

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Ignore The Media, You Can Change The World

If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.
- Hazel Henderson, economist, writer
While this quote might be greeted with “Huh?” or “Another example of bullshit baffling brains,” it bears consideration [...]

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Bad Guys Win Because They Care More

“Oh, she thinks I’m too critical. That’s another fault of hers.”
- Lucille, the mother in TV show Arrested Development
The hands-down winner in any face-off of down-putters, Lucille is not a role model but a reflection of many real people. She is an in-your-face version of the kind of people many of us work with or [...]

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