On Joy, Forgiveness, and Giving

[These quotes were part of a presentation at Pathways to Peace, emailed to me by my cousin's wife, Diane.]

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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice because your soul is alive.

-- Eleonora Duse

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Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean.

-- Dag Hammarskjold

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We must not only give what we have; we must also give what we are.

-- Desire-Joseph Mercier