People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not the hated.

The way of peace is the way of love. Love is the greatest power on earth. It conquers all things.

I'd done the method bit before from, like, age 15 to 19. I was a Civil War re-enactor.

If what I've been told is true - and I believe it is, General David Petraeus, a commander with soldiers deployed in two theaters of war, has had multiple meetings with Dick Cheney, the former vice-president of the United States, to discuss Petraeus's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency.

My personal opinion is that if someone writes honestly about war, it will inherently be anti-war.

Midori has been a steadfast supporter of the United Nations, as a Messenger of Peace and more recently by encouraging our efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.