"One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license." P. J. O'Rourke

"You create your reality according to your beliefs and expectations, therefore you should examine these carefully. If you do not like some aspect of your world, then examine your own expectations." Seth

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. Walter Benjamin

"Traditional people of Indian nations have interpreted the two roads that face the light-skinned race as the road to technology and the road to spirituality. We feel that the road to technology.... has led modern society to a damaged and seared earth. Could it be that the road to technology represents a rush to destruction, and that the road to spirituality represents the slower path that the traditional native people have traveled and are now seeking again? The earth is not scorched on this trail. The grass is still growing there." William Commanda

"I do feel that spiritual progress demands at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants." Gandhi

"We pray on Sundays that we may have light to guide our footsteps on the path we tread. We are sick of war...we don't want to fight and yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead." George B. Shaw

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"THERE IS NO GLIMPSE OF THE LIGHT without walking the path. You can't get it from anyone else, nor can you give it to anyone. Just take whatever steps seem easiest for you, and as you take a few steps it will be easier for you to take a few more." Peace

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