If we have been pleased with life

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

~ Jalal Al-Din Rumi

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It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt from 1951"Voice of America" broadcast