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I shall remain a wanderer until mankind has learned the way of peace; walking until given shelter and fasting until given food.

— Peace Pilgrim

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Source: Personal vow with which she began her peace pilgramage (1 January 1953), later published in Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982)
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This is the way of peace — overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

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A few really dedicated people can offset the ill effects of masses of out-of-harmony people, so we who work for peace must not falter.

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