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We can't really waste our time we have to see that we are all in the same boat and that different religious traditions point in the same direction, and now let's get moving together, doing something for peace.
David Steindl-Rast
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David Steindl-Rast
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: July 12
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Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and now.
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Beauty seen makes the one who sees it more beautiful.
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