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“Sri Chinmoy brings Heaven to me. He inspires everyone to be happy. He deserves the biggest gold medal.”

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Emil Zatopek, born on September 19, 1922, in Czechoslovakia, was an outstanding Olympic long-distance runner. He won four gold medals in the Olympic Games, including two in the marathon, and is hailed as the 'King of Long Distance Running'. more

“Throughout his many years, he enriched the lives of countless others and served as a model of generosity and discipline to those he met, fostering an atmosphere of compassion, harmony, and unity. Sri Chinmoy was a leader, humanitarian, artist, athlete, and public servant who will be sorely missed. His legacy of kindness, reflection, and resolve will endure for many years to come.”

“Sri Chinmoy was a once in a lifetime spiritual leader who touched the lives of millions of people through his teachings, art, athletics, and music. He was a student of peace and he embodied peace. Sri Chinmoy was a great man and his life's work significantly helped to build world harmony and will continue to do so.”

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Author:Al Gore

“That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance”

Ifs War Would Be Certain Differences Chance Moral Praise Obvious Surgeons No War Verdict Criminality

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty.”

People Poverty Perdition Redistribution Of Wealth

Book:All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

Source: All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty

“We are not a warlike people. Nor is our history filled with tales of aggressive adventures and imperialism, which might come as a shock to some of the placard painters in our modern demonstrations. The lesson of Vietnam, I think, should be that never again will young Americans be asked to fight and possibly die for a cause unless that cause is so meaningful that we, as a nation, pledge our full resources to achieve victory as quickly as possible.”

“I would stay in my room for days, for days at times, just trying to get it together, to know what my next phase was going to be.”

Knows Trying Together Next Rooms Phases Get It Together

Author:Whitney Houston

“If religious belief be indeed so necessary to mankind, as we are continually assured that it is, there is great reason to lament, that the intellectual grounds of it should require to be backed by moral bribery or subornation of the understanding.”

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Book:Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism

Source: Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism

“Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside it was concealed a stiletto. What a perfect symbol of the Christian religion.”

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Book:The complete works of George Orwell

Source: The complete works of George Orwell

“We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.”

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Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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