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Says Alan Watts (on play)

"This is the real secret of life - to be completely engaged with what you are doing
in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." Alan Watts.

Says Martin Luther King Jr. (on peace)

 "Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek but a means by
 which we arrive at that goal," MLK Jr.

Says John Lennon (on peace)

"All we are saying, is give peace a chance." John Lennon, shot by a gunman in a most unpeaceful way.

Says George Carlin (on petting the sweaty things)

     “Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things” George Carlin.

Says Nathaniel Hawthorne on what's a credit to human nature.

"It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility." Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Says Horace about death and your awareness of it.

"Now is the time to drink and dance. Feel free to stamp the earth now, Fancy food should be laid out on couches of the gods." Horace (65-8 BCE)

This comes from the rhyming translation of Homer by Len Krisak.

Says Rajneesh (on motherhood).

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new. " Rajneesh

Says the Dalai Lama (on complicated philosophies)

"There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness. " Dalai Lama.

Says Sir Paul McCartney on being weird.

    “I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.” Sir Paul McCartney.

Says T.S. Eliot (on foxes, poultry and politics)

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry." T.S Eliot.