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Be willing to face life squarely and get down beneath the surface of life where the verities and realities are to be found.

Peace Pilgrim

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Peace Pilgrim
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: July 18
Died: 1981
Died: July 7
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Peace Activist
Teacher
Egg Harbor City
New Jersey
Mildred Lisette Norman
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We people of the world need to find ways to get to know one another - for then we will recognize that our likenesses are so much greater than our differences, however great our differences may seem. Every cell, every human being, is of equal importance and has work to do in this world
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World peace will never be stable until enough of us find inner peace to stabilize it
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Then there is the way that was taught two thousand years ago - of overcoming evil with good, which is my way, the way Jesus taught. Never loose faith: God's way is bound to prevail in the end.
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If you recognize that all of your inner hurts are caused by your own wrong actions or your own wrong reactions or your own wrong inaction, then you will stop hurting yourself.
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Evil can be helped to fade away more quickly if we remain in obedience to the Law of Love - evil must be overcome with good.
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We are all cells in the same body of humanity.
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Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.
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When love fills your life all limitations are gone. The medicine this sick world needs so badly is love.
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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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We need a Peace Department in our national government to do extensive research on peaceful ways of resolving conflicts. Then we can ask other countries to create similar departments.
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As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me.
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People have found inner peace by losing themselves in a cause larger than themselves. Finding inner peace means coming from the self-centered life into the life centered.
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The sanctuary of peace dwells within. Seek it out and all things will be added to you. We're coming closer and closer to the time when enough of us will have found inner peace to affect our institutions for the better. And as soon as this happens the institutions will in turn, through example, affect for the better those who are still immature.
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A few really dedicated people can offset the ill effects of masses of out-of-harmony people, so we who work for peace must not falter.
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If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.
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My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.
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Pure love is a willingness to give, without a thought of receiving anything in return. Love can save the world from nuclear destruction. Love God: turn to God with receptiveness and responsiveness. Love your fellow human beings: turn to them with friendliness and givingness. Make yourself fit to be called a child of God by living the way of love.
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Religion is not an end in itself. One's union with God is the ultimate goal.
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All right prayer has good effect, but if you give your whole life to the prayer you multiply its power... No one really knows the full power of prayer. Of course, there is a relationship between prayer and action. Receptive prayer result in an inner receiving, which motivates to right action.
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Although others may feel sorry for you, never feel sorry for yourself: it has a deadly effect on spiritual well-being. Recognize all problems, no matter how difficult, as opportunities for spiritual growth, and make the most of these opportunities.
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