Quote by Helen Keller
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the un

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. – Helen Keller

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As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. – Helen Keller

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Selfishness
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Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged. – Helen Keller

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It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. – Helen Keller

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When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. – Jimmy Carter

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Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it. – Joseph Heller

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Peace

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions. – Omar Bongo

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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! – Honore de Balzac

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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. – Yoruba Proverb, quoted in Curiosities in Proverbs: A Collection of Unusual Adage

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I love poking fun at myself. I have a rather mean sense of humor. – Alton Brown

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Humor

I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didnt want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder whos still holding on while owning a company at the same time. I wanted to make my mark and travel and accomplish a few things here and there and then get out. – Jason Lee

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Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room. – Heywood Broun

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