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"While our world is certainly better than before, the UN is yet to be capable of replacing 'Might is right' with 'Right is might.' " p. 23
 
"If we are serious about stopping terrorism, we must get rid of selfish interests and greed at individual, commercial, and political levels. If the majority of the world population remains illiterate, hungry, and poor, there will be a continual rise in terrorism, and the prosperous will remain insecure. Even the most advanced nations will not be able to sustain their progress unless underdeveloped nations are also elevated." p. 21
 
"Changes are effected not by changing others, but by changing oneself. Individuals make a family, families make a society, societies make a nation, and nations make a world. Thus, individuals are the world. When individuals change, the world changes. There is no other way." p. 27
 
"If Europe can have one Euro currency, why cannot Asia? Following the pattern of the European Union, it is time to unify the economies of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Myanmar (known as Burma until 1989), and others that were once an integral part of India into an 'Indus Union.' " p. 49
 
"Through the practice of meditation, lost energy is replenished, memory is improved, intellect is sharpened, and intuition is developed. Meditation removes all worries and tensions of the mind. The need for sleep decreases and there is awareness even during the dream state." p. 74
 
"If spirituality were practiced sincerely, one would rise above all religious barriers, expanding the Self to embrace all humanity, even all creation. Religiosity divides, spirituality unites." p. 6
 
"The negative vibrations created by wars disturb the balance of Nature. This results in epidemics, droughts, floods, storms, and earthquakes." p. 19
 
"Remember, enmity often escalates when violence is returned. Likewise, a war, no matter how victorious, often leaves behind a spirit of revenge in the defeated people. This, then, becomes the cause of continual wars, from generation to generation." p. 18
 
"Every war is an act of terror—thousands of people are killed, thousands of women become widows, and thousands of children become orphans. The future of humanity needs a permanent respite from killing." p. 19
 
"While leaders of most countries concentrate on strengthening their alliances with major world powers, few consider the benefits of unification with neighboring nations. The European Union has demonstrated that increased coordination among neighboring nations can be achieved while still preserving their national identities." p. 33
 
"God, who is present in all places, at all times, and in all things, must be present in this place, at this time, and in this thing. So it follows that God is surely present within each of us. Indeed, a human body is the abode of God. Accordingly, each one of us deserves the highest respect. If God is not within, He is nowhere else." p. 97
 
"It is wrong to think that limitless knowledge can be sealed in a single book, which is finite. Vivekananda aptly remarked: 'Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare men call God infinite and yet try to compress Him within the covers of a little book!" p. 17
 
"The awareness 'I am,' my true nature, always exists. Just as electricity does not cease to exist when a light bulb is broken, so the power of awareness 'I am' does not disappear when the physical body of a person dies." p. 107
 
"The sum total of pleasures of the whole world is nothing in comparison to the bliss derived through meditation. You do not have to believe; you can know this. Just as the fragrance of a flower spreads out naturally, the bliss that you feel inside during meditation spreads out to others, thus building a noble world." p. 80