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Peace takes far more work than war. It requires collaboration and compromise. The only real way of eliminating war is to move beyond materialism, both religious and non-religious. Materialism isn't the only factor, but is certainly is the biggest.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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