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read in October 2012
“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
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“We know how to win wars. We must learn now to win peace...”
― Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
― Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
“mind that is fast is sick, a mind that is slow is sound, and a mind that is still is divine. This is what the Bible means when it says, “Be still and know that I am God.”
― The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind
― The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind
“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
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“Only, I felt, by some such attempt to write history in terms of personal life could I rescue something that might be of value, some element of truth and hope and usefulness, from the smashing up of my own youth by the war.”
― Testament of Youth
― Testament of Youth
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