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One definition of peace is that overarching state under which Canada and America conduct their relations with each another.
Compare and contrast with that overarching state under which the Israelis and the Palestinians conduct theirs.
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When confusion manifests hatred,
it cannot be overcome by more hatred.
Only by refusing to distinguish hatred
and by refusing to dwell upon it
and by remembering the oneness
of all the manifestations of the Infinite
can hatred be neutralized.
This is the universal law of peace and harmony.
Chapter 1 "The Twin Verses," Verse 5, The Dhammapada, Gautama Buddha
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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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