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Dhammapada. c. 550 BC, v. 76.

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The Dhammapada, edited and translated by Valerie Roebuck. Penguin Classics, 2010, v. 76.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 2.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 2.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 48.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 48.

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Zedong, Mao. "On Protracted Warfare." Yenan Association for the Study of the War of Resistance Against Japan. 26 May - 3 June 1938, Yenan, China. Lecture series.

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Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 14.

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Zhou, Zhuang. 莊子 [Zhuangzi]. c. 221 BC, ch. 2.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

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Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 4.

Money is not for saving.

Yayoi Kusama

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Kusama, Yayoi. Interviewed by Damien Hirst. Published in the catalogue to accompany Now, an exhibition of Kusama’s work. Robert Miller Gallery, New York City, NY, USA.

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Murakami, Haruki. 海辺のカフカ [Kafka on the Shore]. Shinchosha, 2002.

Real freedom is freedom from fear, and unless you can live from fear, you cannot live a dignified human life.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi. Undated interview with the BBC. c. 1970.

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Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 1.

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Yamamoto, Tsunemomo. 葉隠 [Hagakure]. c. 1716.

People suppose that words are different from the peeps of baby birds, but is there any difference, or isn't there?

Zhuangzi

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Zhou, Zhuang. Discussion on Making All Things Equal. c. 221 BC.

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Gandhi, Mahatma. "The Immediate Issue." Young India, 5 Jan. 1922.

If there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this.

Amir Khusrau

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Khusrau, Amir. Inscription in the Diwan-e Khas. Lal Qila, Delhi, India, c. 1648.

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Khusrau, Amir. Quoted in Shahjahanabad: The Living City of Old Delhi, written by Rana Safvi. HarperCollins India, 2020, part. 1.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Flag of England." St. James’s Gazette/National Observer, 4 Apr. 1891.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The English Flag." Kipling: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 2007, st. 1.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 2.

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Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 2.

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Gandhi, Mahatma. Speech at his trial. The Great Trial of 1922. 18 Mar. 1922, Ahmedabad, India.

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Gandhi, Mahatma. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings, edited by Tridip Suhrud. Penguin Classics, 2019, pt. 1, ch. 9.

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Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

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Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 4.

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Rushdie, Salman. Interviewed by Alison Beard. Harvard Business Review, Sept. 2015.