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1 Postcards INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES INCLUDES QUOTES FROM: PRINCESS DIANA, J.K. ROWLING, MAHATA GANDHI, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, TAYLOR SWIFT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, NELSON MANDELA, BUDDHA, JOHN LENNON, YOKO ONO, MOTHER TERESA, JO COX, JIMI HENDRIX, H.G. WELLS, ROSA PARKS, EMMELINE PANKHURST, SYLVIA PANKHURST, MARIA MONTESSORI, THICH NHAT HANH, HAYLEY WILLIAM, BRYANT H MCGILL & CONNOR FRANTA,

2 THE GREATEST PROBLEM IN THE WORLD IS INTOLERANCE. EVERYONE IS INTOLERANT OF EACH OTHER. PRINCESS DIANA BRITISH ROYALTY

3 HUMAN BEINGS ARE HUMAN BEINGS, JUST TREAT EVERYONE LIKE THAT. HAYLEY WILLIAMS SINGER

4 RACE, GENDER, RELIGION, SEXUALITY, WE ARE ALL PEOPLE AND THAT S IT. WE RE ALL PEOPLE. WE RE ALL EQUAL. CONNOR FRANTA INTERNET CELEBRITY

5 OUR ABILITY TO REACH UNITY IN DIVERSITY WILL BE THE BEAUTY AND THE TEST OF OUR CIVILISATION. MAHATMA GANDHI CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER

6 WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS WE ARE UNITED, AS WEAK AS WE ARE DIVIDED. J.K. ROWLING AUTHOR

7 IF THEY DON T LIKE YOU FOR BEING YOURSELF, BE YOURSELF EVEN MORE. TAYLOR SWIFT SINGER

8 I WOULD RATHER BE A LITTLE NOBODY, THEN TO BE AN EVIL SOMEBODY. ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENT, USA

9 ESTABLISHING LASTING PEACE IS THE WORK OF EDUCATION; ALL POLITICS CAN DO IS KEEP US OUT OF WAR. MARIA MONTESSORI FOUNDER OF MONTESSORI SCHOOLS

10 EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU CAN USE TO CHANGE THE WORLD. NELSON MANDELA SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICIAN

11 PEACE COMES FROM WITHIN. DO NOT SEEK IT WITHOUT. GAUTAMA BUDDHA FOUNDER OF BUDDHISM

12 EVERY BREATH WE TAKE, EVERY STEP WE MAKE, CAN BE FILLED WITH PEACE, JOY AND SERENITY. THICH NHAT HANH BUDDHIST TEACHER

13 THE GREATEST SELF IS A PEACEFUL SMILE, THAT ALWAYS SEES THE WORLD SMILING BACK. BRYANT H. MCGILL AUTHOR

14 PEACE IS NOT MERELY A DISTANT GOAL THAT WE SEEK, BUT A MEANS BY WHICH WE ARRIVE AT THAT GOAL. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER

15 WE CAN GET PEACE NOW IF WE WANT IT NOW. JOHN LENNON MUSICIAN & PEACE CAMPAIGNER

16 CIVILISATION IS A RACE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND CATASTROPHE. H.G. WELLS AUTHOR

17 THE WORLD WILL NOT BE DESTROYED BY THOSE WHO DO EVIL, BUT BY THOSE WHO WATCH AND DO NOTHING. ALBERT EINSTEIN MUSICIAN & PEACE CAMPAIGNER

18 WE HAVE TO FREE HALF OF THE HUMAN RACE, THE WOMEN, SO THAT THEY CAN HELP FREE THE OTHER HALF. EMMELINE PANKHURST POLITICAL ACTIVIST

19 I KNOW WE WILL CREATE A SOCIETY WHERE THERE ARE NO RICH OR POOR, NO PEOPLE WITHOUT WORK OR BEAUTY IN THEIR LIVES, WHERE MONEY ITSELF WILL DISAPPEAR, WHERE WE SHALL ALL BE BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHERE EVERYONE WILL HAVE ENOUGH. SYLVIA PANKHURST CAMPAIGNER

20 I BELIEVE WE ARE HERE ON THE PLANET EARTH TO LIVE, GROW UP AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE TO ENJOY FREEDOM. ROSA PARKS AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS CAMPAIGNER

21 EACH ONE OF US HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD. JUST START THINKING PEACE AND THE MESSAGE WILL SPREAD QUICKER THAN YOU THINK. YOKO ONO MUSICIAN, ARTIST & PEACE CAMPAIGNER

22 IF WE HAVE NO PEACE, IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER. MOTHER TERESA PEACE CAMPAIGNER

23 WHEN THE WORLD IS SILENT, EVEN ONE VOICE BECOME POWERFUL. MALALA YOUSAFZAI CAMPAIGNER

24 WE ARE FAR MORE UNITED AND FAR MORE IN COMMON WITH EACH OTHER THAN THINGS THAT DIVIDE US JO COX BRITISH POLITICIAN

25 WHEN THE POWER OF LOVE OVERCOMES THE LOVE OF POWER, THE WORLD WILL KNOW PEACE. JIMI HENDRIX MUSICIAN

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