The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
- Topic: Character, Leadership
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined or the insect, as well for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
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