It just seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, it's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the planet, rather than divide it.

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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

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No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world. We are one people.

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A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world.

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Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

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we are the ones we have been waiting for

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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

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There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

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