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“We awoke with the awareness that 24 brand new hours were before us , and we would not allow anyone of anything to violate this time of ours—no meetings, appointments, or waiting for buses. The whole day was for us. We would tend the tea bushes, write, study, or do whatever we wanted to do. We all worked hard at many things, yet we never tired, because everything we did, we did by choice.”
— Dec 26, 2020 11:06AM
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“Tomorrow, if we are burned to ashes, those ashes will love and will nestle in the heart of the earth to nourish the flowers. Flowers don’t know how to hate. We will return to the circle of life as flowers, grasses, birds, or clouds to bring people the message of eternal love. Like the village children who, even in this time of war, sing: ‘We will love others forever and ever, hand holding hand...”
— Dec 28, 2020 05:05PM
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“In the depths of our consciousness dwell the seeds of our potentials.”
— Dec 28, 2020 03:58PM
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“The best medicine to chase away the heart’s dark isolation is to make direct contact with life’s sufferings, to touch and share the anxieties and uncertainties of others.”
— Dec 28, 2020 11:20AM
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“...all places on the earth are, more or less, the same. It is our state of mind that ultimately determines things.”
— Dec 28, 2020 11:11AM
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“... we respect Christ as a great teacher but don’t look on him as God. The same is true of Buddha. We respect him as a great teacher, but we don’t worship him as a god.”
— Dec 27, 2020 09:31AM
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“In ancient times, some Vietnamese chose to live in the highlands among wild beasts. They preferred the danger of being eaten alive to living under an oppressive regime.”
— Dec 26, 2020 12:20PM
