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The mind at war with itself does war with any other mind, and that produces war in the world - all of it.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
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Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Doe
Mind
World
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The nightmare always becomes laughter, once it's understood.
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Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.
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