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"But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter."
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"Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny."
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"It's the smell of him in the bathroom, all I need to get ready for the day. Watching him get dressed, and the sound in the kitchen; a slow hum of a song and his movements, picking things to eat. The way I could observe him, for hours, just go on with his day " or as he sleeps " simply breathing in and out, in and out, and it's like the hymn that sings me to peace. I know the world is still out there and I know I'm not yet friendly to its pace, but as long as I know him with me, here, there, somewhere " us " I know I have a chance."
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"The house was left; the house was deserted. It was left like a shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains now that life had left it. The long life seemed to have set in; the trifling airs, nibbling, the clammy breaths, fumbling, seemed to have triumphed. .."
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"Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands."
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"The fastest way to end an argument with your wife is to admit she's right."
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"Calm yourself and you calm your storm."
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"Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos."
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"The quieter the mind the louder the soul."
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"The saddest day in the woods is when birds run out of happy songs to sing."
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"Raise your love so high that anger cannot reach it."
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"I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace."
Peace
"Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."
Courage
"I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want."
Humility
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."
War
"There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell."
War
"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."
Battle
"If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you."
Politics
"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast."
Choice
"I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes."
People
"You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."
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