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So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action.

All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

You have to make peace with life.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

If we are really going to learn from others, we must decide to fully obey.