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essay describing hunter-gatherer peoples with few possessions as the original affluent society, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins reminds us that, “modern capitalist societies, however richly endowed, dedicate themselves to the proposition of ...more
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Winston S. Churchill
“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour.”
Sir Winston Churchill

“Buddha was not a Buddhist. Jesus was not a Christian. Muhammad was not a Muslim. They were teachers who taught Love…Love was their religion”
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Anne Lamott
“The pain does grow less acute, but the insidious palace lie that we will get over crushing losses means that our emotional GPS can never find true north, as it is based on maps that no longer mention the most important places we have been to.”
Anne Lamott, Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair

Abraham Joshua Heschel
“The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.”
Abraham Joshua Heschel

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