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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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How good it is to work in the invigorating fresh air under the life-giving sun amid the inspiring beauty of nature. There are many who recognize this... How good it is to earn you livelihood by contributing constructively to the society in which you live - everyone should, of course, and in a healthy society everyone would.
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Evil cannot be overcome by more evil. Evil can only be overcome by good. It is the lesson of the way of love.
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What people really suffer from is immaturity. Among mature people war would not be a problem - it would be impossible.
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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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If any influential nation had the great spiritual strength to lay down its arms and appear with clean hands before the world, the world would be changed. I see no evidence that any influential nations has such great spiritual strength and courage. Therefore disarmament will be a slow process, motivated by the wish to survive.
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Let us help the phoenix to rise from the ashes let us help lay the foundation for a new renaissance let us help to accelerate the spiritual awakening until it lifts us into the golden age which would come.
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Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission. While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless, day after day.
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When you have found inner peace, you are in constant contact with the source of universal energy and cannot be tired. . . You have endless energy.
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Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at 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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It isn't enough just to do right things and say right things, you must also think right things before your life can come into harmony.
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I feel a complete protection on my pilgrimage. God is my shield. There are no accidents in the Divine Plan nor does God leave us unattended. No one walks so safely as those who walk humbly and harmlessly with great love and great faith.
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I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they become thin and sickly and never obtain maximum growth. We need room to grow.
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We are all cells in the same body of humanity.
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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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I considered myself liberated long before it became the fashion. First I liberated myself from debilitating habits, and went on to free myself of combative, aggressive thoughts. I have also cast aside any unnecessary possessions. This, I feel, is true liberation.
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Life is a series of tests but if you pass your tests, you look back upon them as good experiences.
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Prayer is a concentration of positive thoughts.
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It's very important to get your desires centered so you will desire only to do God's will for you. You can come to the point of oneness of desire, just to know and do your part in the Life Pattern. When you think about it, is there anything else as really important to desire?
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People allow themselves to be slaves of their bad habits and society's bad habits - but they have free will, and if they wish to be free they can.
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