"Peace is present when things form part..." - Quote by Antoine De Saint Exupery
Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.
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“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
“What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent.”
“The first stars tremble as if shimmering in green water. Hours must pass before their glimmer hardens into the frozen glitter of diamonds. I shall have a long wait before I witness the soundless frolic of the shooting stars. In the profound darkness of certain nights I have seen the sky streaked with so many trailing sparks that it seemed to me a great gale must be blowing through the outer heavens.”
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“Love is the most durable power in the world. This creative force is the most potent instrument available in mankind's quest for peace and security.”
“Great anger and violence can never build a nation.”
“My fellow Americans, let us take that first step. Let us...step back from the shadow of war and seek out the way of peace. And if that journey is a thousand miles, or even more, let history record that we, in this land, at this time, took the first step.”
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“The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American.”
“In my recent travels into African countries and others, I was impressed by the importance of having a working unity among all peoples, black as well as white.”
“The problem facing our people here in America is bigger than all other personal or organizational differences. Therefore, as leaders, we must stop worrying about the threat that we seem to think we pose to each other's personal prestige, and concentrate our united efforts toward solving the unending hurt that is being done daily to our people here in America.”