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Questions & Answers
Responses to questions from high school students participating in Mazara del Vallo’s Week of Peace and Solidarity.
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25,550 Days
The fallacy is that today is 24 hours long. No it’s not. Today is 25,550 days long and it’ll only come as today.
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What is Peace?
7 billion people on the face of this earth are crying out for one thing and one thing alone and that is peace. Is peace the absence of problems or noise or war? Or is it an undeniable feeling not born of a thought?
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Win the War
We are obsessed and distracted by the battles in our life and forget about winning the final war to be content. Peace is our birthright but we must fight for it. We must base our strategy on knowing and not belief.
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Peace is looking for you
You are the machine that can enjoy. You are the universe in which peace dances for you. You are that house in which that power dwells and every day the blessing of life comes.
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This Clay Pot
You are this clay pot and when this vessel is filled — filled with valuables like clarity, understanding, love, peace, sincerity and fulfilment — the value of this clay pot becomes priceless.
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The Real Flower
Do you want to be a fake flower or a real flower? Do you want to bloom, do you want to come in season, do you want to give off that beautiful perfume, do you want to dance in the wind?
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Searching for the Innate
The process of creating the statue is to remove all the unwanted marble so what is left is the true expression of the artist, of what he really feels. Could it be that peace is no different?
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An Incredible Design
The good news is that something you can truly enjoy is inside of you. That’s a powerful thing. Talk about good design! Because the purpose of this entire machinery is to enjoy — made for enjoying!
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Coal to Diamond
A gift is offered that will transform you from a coal into a diamond. But it’s not about believing, hearsay, reading or thinking — it’s about knowing. Socrates said “Know thyself” and today you can.
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Message of Peace
What is peace? Why is this world interested in peace? Is peace possible? Do you understand the desire for peace? Where does true peace begin? Do you know where to find peace?
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