"It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories."
-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.“
-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already."
-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own."
-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever."
-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it."
-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me."
-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch."
-Michelle Branch
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"The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security."
-Chuck Hagel
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"As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week."
-George J. Mitchell
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"On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live."
-Eric Burdon
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"Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out."
-Richard Cobden
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"I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace."
-Richard Cobden
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