“No price is too great to pay for inner peace.”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru
Words of Wisdom (2010)
“There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.”
Des Moines Iowa speech (1 February 1916) http://www.combat.ws/S3/BAKISSUE/CMBT01N2/SMOKE.HTM, on "The Westerm Preparedness Tour" http://www.allthingswilliam.com/presidents/wilson.html <br class="br">1910s
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