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I feel it is through prayer, meditation, and dedicated service that world peace can take place. Each individual has to try to make others happy, for it is only through happiness that we can have peace.

— Sri Chinmoy The Wings of Joy (1997)

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If you do not find peace inside your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth.

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When the power of love replaces the love of power, man will have a new name: God.

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If you really want to love humanity, then you have to love humanity as it is now.

The Wings of Joy (1997)

World-peace can be achieved when the power of love replaces the love of power.

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