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Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. – Etty Hillesum

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We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. – Etty Hillesum

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