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Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens.

Peace Pilgrim

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Peace Pilgrim
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: July 18
Died: 1981
Died: July 7
Activist
Peace Activist
Teacher
Egg Harbor City
New Jersey
Mildred Lisette Norman
Minimalist
Burdens
Possessions
Materialism
Unnecessary
Possession
Burden

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People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.
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To the world I may seem very poor, walking penniless and wearing or carrying in my pockets my only material possessions, but I am really very rich in blessings which no amount of money could buy - health and happiness and inner peace.
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A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth.
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Just concentrate on thinking and living and acting in harmony with God's laws and inspiring others to do likewise.
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I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace.
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Think about all the good things of your life. Never think about your difficulties. Forget yourself, and concentrate on being of service as much as you can in this world, and then, having lost your lower self in a cause greater than yourself, you will find your higher self: your real self.
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Real peace is more than the absence of war it is an absence of the causes of war.
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....If you are guided toward a faith, use it as a stepping stone to God, not as a barrier between yourself and God's other children or as a tower to hold you aloft from others. If you are not guided toward a faith (or even if you are) seek God in the silence - seek within.
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The ideal society has yet to be built - one which balances nicely collective well-being and individual well-being.
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When we hear a prediction of some disaster we need to throw the entire weight of our positive thought in the opposite direction!
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Fountain of Love my source is in thee - Loving thy will my spirit is free - Beautiful day when all of us see - The hope of the world is Love!
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The pain and suffering that comes to us has a purpose in our lives-it is trying to teach us something. We should look for its lesson.
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Live according to your highest light and more light will be given.
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What we usually call human evolution is the awakening of the divine nature within us.
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Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
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Take out the kernel of spiritual truth with any faith, and what is left is dogma.
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The simplified life is a sanctified life, Much more calm, much less strife. Oh, what wondrous truths are unveiled- Projects succeed which had previously failed. Oh, how beautiful life can be, Beautiful simplicity.
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The world is like a mirror if you smile at it, it smiles at you. I love to smile, and so in general, I definitely receive smiles in return.
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Are you a slave to your self-centered nature or does your divine nature guide your life? Do you kow that every moment of your life you're creating through thought? You create your own inner condition you're helping create the conditions around you.
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You might say that science operates pragmatically and religion by divine guidance. If valid, they would reach the same conclusions but science would take a lot longer.
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