“Everything in this world tries to pull us away from [Love], pushes us to choose ourselves over others, to choose independence over interdependence, to choose great things over small things, to choose going fast alone over going far together.” ~ Shane Claiborne

“In the first stage, man & sword become one and each other. Here even a blade of grass can be used as a lethal weapon. In the next stage, the sword resides not in the hand but in the heart. Even without a weapon, the warrior can slay his enemy from a hundred paces. But the ultimate ideal is when the sword disappears altogether. The warrior embraces all around him … Only peace remains.” ~ Zhang Yimou (the movie “Hero”)

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