Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.
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When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
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Age is not measured by years. Nature does not equally distribute energy. Some people are born old and tired while others are going strong at seventy.
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Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
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In life, if we have hope in God, it makes us happy. Jesus is all that we need,
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