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#1

“We need to embrace the truth of the One Idea. We are all brothers and sisters. That is always worthy of respect at the deepest core of our humanity. Holding onto that truth is where integrity lives.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Message of Hope in a Time of Crisis

tags: awareness, brothers-and-sisters, humanity, integrity, oneness, respect, truth

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#2

“To be compassionate requires great strength of character. It is never weakness. The people who stand for compassion and love often do so at the risk of their own lives. They are the people we admire most who remain true to themselves at all costs and true to the highest principles of human decency in the face of unspeakable cruelty.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action

tags: compassion, humanity, love, principles, strength-of-character, truth

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#3

“All of us are part of a beautiful pageantry of human experience. Let us make the most of this life in all we do.”
― Laurence Overmire, A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey

tags: family-history, genealogy, human-experience, opportunity, pageantry, quality-of-life

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#4

“There are basically two kinds of people: those who have empathy and care about others and those who don't. The ones who don't are creating most of the problems in the world.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: compassion, empathy, kindness, love, peace, world

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#5

“Wisdom is finding the path that is best for all - considering the options, the positives and the negatives - and having the courage to change what must be changed for the sake of the entire world.”
― Laurence Overmire, The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland

tags: brotherhood-of-man, change-the-world, conscience, courage, truth, wisdom

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#6

“All of our ancestors live within each one of us whether we are aware of it or not.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: ancestors, family, genealogy, generations, immortality, interconnectedness, oneness, spirituality

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#7

“No matter what path you're on in this life, if that path isn't about love, you're on the wrong path.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: choices, compassion, love, path, truth, wisdom

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#8

“Life is a poem most people never read.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: life, people, poem, poetry, read

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#9

“Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: disappointment, expectations

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#10

“Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: art, language, poetry

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#11

“Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: myth, reality, storytelling

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#12

“History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all.”
― Laurence Overmire, One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009: A Biographical Record of Revolutionary War Veteran Capt. John George Overmire and His Descendants

tags: ancestors, celebrity, genealogy, history

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#13

“The future is won or lost in the war of ideas.”
― Laurence Overmire, Report from X-Star 10

tags: future, ideas, power, war

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#14

“Over the course of the millennia, all these multitudes of ancestors, generation upon generation, have come down to this moment in time—to give birth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be, another like you. You have been given a tremendous responsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of all those who have gone before. Hopes and dreams for a better world. What will you do with your time on this Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoing story of humankind?”
― Laurence Overmire, One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009: A Biographical Record of Revolutionary War Veteran Capt. John George Overmire and His Descendants

tags: ancestors, genealogy, generations, history, responsibility

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#15

“There is no such thing as an insignificant life, only the insignificance of mind that refuses to grasp the implications.”
― Laurence Overmire, One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009: A Biographical Record of Revolutionary War Veteran Capt. John George Overmire and His Descendants

tags: ancestors, genealogy, life, significance

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#16

“Dead people are easy to love. It's the living ones who are hard.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: ancestors, ancestry, genealogy, heritage

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#17

“We are the last generation with a real opportunity to save the world.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action

tags: climate-change, environment, generation, global-warming

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#18

“Live with an open mind and an open heart. Always choose love over fear and kindness over cruelty.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves the World: A Call to Conscience and a Call to Action

tags: compassion, cruelty, fear, love, open-mindedness

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#19

“Every child comes into this world as a gift to humanity. It is up to us, as adults, to see that they are properly taken care of and given all the love and attention they deserve. If we did so, I have no doubt our world would be drastically different and much more humane.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action

tags: caring, children, gift, humanity, love, nurturing

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#20

“From generation to generation, lights are extinguished and darkness threatens until some one stoops to bear the torch.”
― Laurence Overmire, Honor & Remembrance: A Poetic Journey through American History

tags: conscience, generations, hope, responsibility

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#21

“Good people turn to love, courage and kindness in times of crisis, not hate, fear and cruelty.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: courage, crisis, cruelty, fear, hate, kindness, love, wisdom

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#22

“The way to peace, harmony and balance for the planet is through the loving kindness of each individual heart.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: balance, future, harmony, heart, kindness, love, peace, wisdom

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#23

“Love is active, not passive. It is our love for one another, for Mother Earth, for our fellow creatures that compels us to act on their behalf.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action

tags: activism, animals-rights, climate-change, extinction, love, mother-earth, responsibility

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#24

“Public condemnation goes a long way in establishing what is and what is not acceptable in a society. The public good will prevail if the public demands it.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action

tags: condemnation, good, norms, public, society

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#25

“Being good or being evil is not something that is inherent in our nature over which we have no control, rather we define ourselves by the choices we make, moment by moment, situation by situation. All it takes is an act of will to be the best that we can be.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action

tags: best, choices-and-consequences, good-and-evil, inherent, psychology, will-power

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#26

“The more we understand the One Idea, how all of life is interconnected and interdependent, the more we can act in positive ways for the good of all.”
― Laurence Overmire, The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action

tags: action, interconnectedness, interdependent, life, positive, science, understanding

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#27

“Those who oppose equality, compassion and social justice have been on the wrong side of history time and time again.”
― Laurence Overmire

tags: compassion, equality, history, social-justice, truth

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#28

“A society that has no respect, no regard for its bards, its historians, its storytellers, is a society in steep decline, a society that has lost its very soul and may never find its way.”
― Laurence Overmire, The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland

tags: bard, celtic, historian, scotland, storytellers, truth

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#29

“Freedom is an idea that no tyrant will ever crush.”
― Laurence Overmire, The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland

tags: freedom, robert-burns, scotland, tyranny

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#30

“Fantasy, myth, legend, truth - all are intertwined in the story that is Scotland.”
― Laurence Overmire, The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland

tags: fantasy, legend, myth, scotland, story, truth

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