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Judged by the normal standards of human affairs, the lives of men and women of God may look overburdened with suffering, and even inconclusive.Eknath Easwaran
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Peace would always be less compelling than war. Perhaps that was why there was so little of it in the world. (p. 160)Eknath Easwaran
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One learns a good deal in the school of suffering. I wonder what would have happened to me if I had had an easy life, and had not had the privilege of tasting the joys of jail and all it means." ~ Badsha Khan, quote in Nonviolent Soldier of Islam, p. 87Eknath Easwaran