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As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us: "With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas," or, They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them.

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As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously …

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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

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The war we have to wage today has only one goal, and that is to make the world safe for diversity.

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I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.

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The world will not Change and find peace if there is not a new education.

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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love andcompassion would have built the defenses of peace.

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As a Buddhist, I was trained to be tolerant of everything except intolerance. I was brought up not only to develop the spirit of tolerance but also t…

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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

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Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.

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