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A priest once quoted to me the Roman saying that a religion is dead when the priests laugh at each other across the altar. I always laugh at the altar, be it Christian, Hindu, or Buddhist, because real religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter.
- Alan Wilson Watts
Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.
- Nora Roberts
Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
- G. K. Chesterton
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
- Leo Tolstoy
We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
- Mignon McLaughlin
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. So we have to know how to act.
- Swami Vivekananda
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
- Khalil Gibran
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
- Mother Teresa
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