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Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.

Winfield Scott / General Officer Commanding
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Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.

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I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.

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You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies.

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Happy people are not their own enemies, do not carry on an endless war with their souls. We may be fiercely at odds with the wrongs of the world around us. But inside ourselves, near the core, if we are happy, we are at peace.

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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

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It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

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