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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."

"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."

"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. .."

"The fastest way to end an argument with your wife is to admit she's right."

"Peace is not the absence of chaos. It is the presence of tranquility and joy in the midst of chaos."

"The quieter the mind the louder the soul."

"The saddest day in the woods is when birds run out of happy songs to sing."

"Raise your love so high that anger cannot reach it."
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"Resorting to violence and the use of force at holy sites is unacceptable, whatever the reason might be."

"Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society."

"The Muslim world is deeply hurt by the campaign of violence initiated against our Palestinian brothers."

"We shouldn't waste any more time in making sure that democracy is properly rooted in our political life and the supremacy of the law becomes an integral part of our state's structure."
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