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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:23:05 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Swami Satchidananda]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Let us all dedicate our lives for the sake of the entire humanity. With every minute, every breath, every atom of our bodies we should repeat this mantra: “dedication, dedication, giving, giving, loving, loving." -- Swami Satchidananda]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1168356-improve-your-kindness-by-exercising-your-intellect-and-improve-your</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:12:17 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Improve your kindness by exercising your intellect, and improve your intellect by exercising your kindness and love." -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:28:40 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Hugh Laurie]]>
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	    <![CDATA["There once was a man who went to see a psychiatrist, crippled by a fear of flying. His phobia was based on the belief that there would be a bomb on any plane he boarded. The psychiatrist tried to shift the phobia but couldn‘t, so he sent his patient to a statistician. The statistician prodded a calculator and informed the man that the odds against there being a bomb on board the next flight he took were half a million to one. The man still wasn’t happy, and sat there convinced that he’d be on that one plane out of half a million. So the statistician prodded the calculator again and said ‘all right, would you feel safer if the odds were ten million to one against?’ The man said, yes, of course he would. So the statistician said ‘the odds against there being two, separate, unrelated bombs on board your next flight are exactly ten million to one against.’ The man looked puzzled, and said ‘that’s all well and good, but how does it help me?’ The statistician replied: ‘It’s very simple. You take a bomb on board with you." -- Hugh Laurie]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1187983-everything-is-indefinite-misty-and-transient-only-virtue-is-clear</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:19:37 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Everything is indefinite, misty, and transient; only virtue is clear, and it cannot be destroyed by any force. —MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO" -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1189049-a-man-who-does-not-understand-the-benefit-of-suffering</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:38:59 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA["A man who does not understand the benefit of suffering does not live a clever and true life." -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1196126-and-how-shall-we-be-able-to-tell-whether-he</guid>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2014 15:35:09 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Martin Buber]]>
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	    <![CDATA["And how shall we be able to tell whether he is a true zaddik?” The Baal Shem replied. “Ask him to advise you what to do to keep unholy thoughts from disturbing you in your prayers and studies. If he gives you advice, then you will know that he belongs to those who are of no account. For this is the service of men in the world to the very hour of their death; to struggle time after time with the extraneous, and time after time to uplift and fit it into the nature of the Divine Name." -- Martin Buber]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1201147-a-man-only-begins-to-be-a-man-when-he</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 22:26:51 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by James Allen]]>
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	    <![CDATA["A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life." -- James Allen]]>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 00:05:19 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA["When you carry your burden, you should know that it is good for you to have it. Make the best of this burden and take from it everything which is necessary for your intellectual life, as your stomach takes from food everything necessary for your flesh, or as fire burns brighter after you put some wood on it. —MARCUS AURELIUS" -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1210771-let-others-be-afraid-but-the-soul-is-not-afraid</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 21:25:52 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Let others be afraid, but the soul is not afraid of anything. It lives according to its own laws. It is bigger than space and older than time. It gives courage against all the misfortunes of life. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON" -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1221667-a-sore-pain-troubles-me-day-and-night-and-i</guid>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2014 07:57:50 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Kabir]]>
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	    <![CDATA["A sore pain troubles me day and night, and I cannot sleep; I long for the meeting with my Beloved, and my father's house gives me pleasure no more. The gates of the sky are opened, the temple is revealed: I meet my husband, and leave at His feet the offering of my body and my mind." -- Kabir]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1225506-sooner-will-there-exist-a-body-without-a-shadow-than</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 08:24:20 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leonardo da Vinci]]>
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	    <![CDATA["sooner will there exist a body without a shadow than virtue unaccompanied by envy." -- Leonardo da Vinci]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1228449-of-its-persistent-artless-strain-naught-so-can-soothe-a</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 15:09:31 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Paul Verlaine]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Of its persistent, artless strain: Naught so can soothe a soul's own pain, As making glad another soul!" -- Paul Verlaine]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1228503-what-we-need-we-is-fixedness-intense-unequalled-effort-strife</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 16:41:38 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Paul Verlaine]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1228503-what-we-need-we-is-fixedness-intense-unequalled-effort-strife]]>
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	    <![CDATA["What we need, we, is fixedness intense, Unequalled effort, strife that shall not cease," -- Paul Verlaine]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1231679-two-thirds-of-human-existence-are-wasted-in-hesitation-and</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:42:28 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Émile Souvestre]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1231679-two-thirds-of-human-existence-are-wasted-in-hesitation-and]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Two thirds of human existence are wasted in hesitation, and the last third in repenting." -- Émile Souvestre]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1233257-if-happiness-is-the-rarest-of-blessings-it-is-because</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2014 17:27:14 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Émile Souvestre]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1233257-if-happiness-is-the-rarest-of-blessings-it-is-because]]>
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	    <![CDATA["If happiness is the rarest of blessings, it is because the reception of it is the rarest of virtues." -- Émile Souvestre]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1235541-the-more-respect-that-different-objects-customs-or-laws-are</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:45:31 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1235541-the-more-respect-that-different-objects-customs-or-laws-are]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The more respect that different objects, customs, or laws are given, the more attentively you have to question the right these things have to this respect." -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1237190-this-castaway-that-like-a-man-transplanted-into-another-planet</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:39:07 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Joseph Conrad]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1237190-this-castaway-that-like-a-man-transplanted-into-another-planet]]>
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	    <![CDATA["this castaway, that, like a man transplanted into another planet, was separated by an immense space from his past and by an immense ignorance from his future." -- Joseph Conrad]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1244482-so-that-upon-the-whole-there-must-be-some-kind</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2014 10:25:23 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Jonathan Swift]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1244482-so-that-upon-the-whole-there-must-be-some-kind]]>
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	    <![CDATA["So that, upon the whole, there must be some kind of subjection due from every man to every man, which cannot be made void by any power, pre-eminence, or authority whatsoever. " -- Jonathan Swift]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1252467-he-used-to-say-that-virtue-could-make-herself-devoted</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 07:41:41 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Émile Souvestre]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1252467-he-used-to-say-that-virtue-could-make-herself-devoted]]>
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	    <![CDATA["He used to say that virtue could make herself devoted friends, but she did not take pupils:" -- Émile Souvestre]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1252717-one-of-the-infirmities-of-our-nature-is-always-to</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:47:32 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Émile Souvestre]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1252717-one-of-the-infirmities-of-our-nature-is-always-to]]>
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	    <![CDATA["One of the infirmities of our nature is always to mistake feeling for evidence, and to judge of the season by a cloud or a ray of sunshine." -- Émile Souvestre]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/64770-if-you-cry-because-the-sun-has-gone-out-of</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 03:01:18 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Rabindranath Tagore]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/64770-if-you-cry-because-the-sun-has-gone-out-of]]>
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	    <![CDATA["If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." -- Rabindranath Tagore]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15761-the-water-in-a-vessel-is-sparkling-the-water-in</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 04:06:32 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Tagore]]>
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	    <![CDATA["The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence." -- Tagore]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1254197-before-we-complain-of-being-ill-we-should-prove-that</guid>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:24:13 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Émile Souvestre]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1254197-before-we-complain-of-being-ill-we-should-prove-that]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Before we complain of being ill we should prove that we deserve to be well." -- Émile Souvestre]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1254959-where-is-there-virtue-in-this-world-that-is-of</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 08:08:51 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Edward Hooker Dewey]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Where is there virtue in this world that is of any practical good whose vital force is not to be found in example rather than in precept?" -- Edward Hooker Dewey]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1258594-pluralism-is-a-merciful-narcotic</guid>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2014 09:26:45 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Saki]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1258594-pluralism-is-a-merciful-narcotic]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Pluralism is a merciful narcotic." -- Saki]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1259784-there-is-only-one-real-knowledge-that-which-helps-us</guid>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:35:12 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1259784-there-is-only-one-real-knowledge-that-which-helps-us]]>
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	    <![CDATA["There is only one real knowledge: that which helps us to be free. Every other type of knowledge is mere amusement. —VISHNU PURANA," -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1271659-if-you-feel-that-you-are-not-free-look-for</guid>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:34:49 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1271659-if-you-feel-that-you-are-not-free-look-for]]>
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	    <![CDATA["If you feel that you are not free, look for the reason inside you." -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1277888-pay-bad-people-with-your-goodness-fight-their-hatred-with</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:19:41 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Pay bad people with your goodness; fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve victory over other people, you will conquer yourself. —HENRI AMIEL" -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<guid>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1296649-we-expect-rewards-for-goodness-and-punishments-for-the-bad</guid>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:19:49 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Leo Tolstoy]]>
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	    <![CDATA[https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1296649-we-expect-rewards-for-goodness-and-punishments-for-the-bad]]>
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	    <![CDATA["We expect rewards for goodness, and punishments for the bad things which we do. Often, they are not immediately" -- Leo Tolstoy]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2014 21:48:34 -0700</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[Michael add a quote by Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati]]>
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	    <![CDATA["Let a man lift himself by his own Self alone, let him not lower himself; for the Self alone is the friend of oneself and this Self alone is the enemy of oneself (5)." -- Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati]]>
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