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41 " A society that has no respect, no regard for its bards, its historians, its storytellers, is a society in steep decline, a society that has lost its very soul and may never find its way. "
― Laurence Overmire , The Ghost of Rabbie Burns: An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland
42 " It’s no use trying to reasonably argue with unreasonable people. Better to spend your time in more productive pursuits. "
― Laurence Overmire , The One Idea That Saves The World: A Call to Conscience and A Call to Action
43 " As a genealogist, I have seen the Big Picture as very few have. Most people now living have no clue who they are or where they come from. We are all descended from the ancient kings of our various cultures. There is nothing unique about it. And let's be honest, most of those kings were pretty ruthless individuals. What's important for us today is that we wake up to the fact that we are all literally cousins. How would our world change if we honored that relationship and started treating one another as family? "
44 " If you can make your ancestors real for yourself, learn their stories and who they were, your life - and death - will take on added meaning. You will see yourself in the Big Picture that includes all human life that has come and gone on the planet. "
― Laurence Overmire , Digging for Ancestral Gold: The Fun and Easy Way to Get Started on Your Genealogy Quest
45 " Love doesn't make bullets. It doesn't drop bombs. Only hate does that - driven by fear. "
― Laurence Overmire , New York Minute: An Actor's Memoir
46 " The Age of Selfishness and Greed is over. The Age of Kindness and Generosity is underway. "
47 " New generations recognize, money is just a plaything. The new bottom line is humanity itself. "
― Laurence Overmire , Report from X-Star 10
48 " At the highest level of consciousness, you no longer see yourself as separate, you become one with all things, for that is the truth of the Universe. "
― Laurence Overmire , The One Idea That Saves The World: A Message of Hope in a Time of Crisis
49 " Some of us are given more time on this Earth than others, but none of us should ever take the gift of life for granted. If we strive to be the best we can be, committing ourselves to what is right and true, while helping others along the way, then we will leave our own story worth the telling and be a shining example for our children and our grandchildren and all those great, great, great, great grandchildren in those far off times to come. "
― Laurence Overmire , A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey
50 " The moral high road is always about love, compassion, kindness and generosity. "
51 " There are essentially two different philosophies at play in our politics: one that says, we are all in this together, let's help each other; and the other that says, I got mine, you are on your own. One is compassionate; the other is indifferent to the suffering of others. "
52 " Only through love will we find our way to create a world worthy of our children and our grandchildren. "
53 " Extremism is marked by a closed mind and a meanness of spirit - unwilling to listen, unwilling to reason, unwilling to compromise, unwilling to forgive, and in the end, unwilling to learn and unwilling to grow. "
54 " Doing the right thing, surrendering our short-term self-interest to serve the needs of the whole, has never been easy for humankind, but now, more than ever, that is exactly what we must do. Future generations are counting on us. "
55 " I am not a skin color. I contain all of humanity in my heart and my mind, my flesh, my blood and my bones, and I am proud of that fact. You should be, too. "
56 " Day by day, action by action (or inaction by inaction), we chart the destiny of the human race. "
57 " Ultimately, the great truths of family history don't live in any book. They live in the hearts and minds of the living descendants. They live in the way we conduct our lives, in the passing of traditions and values to those who will follow. "
58 " Racists cling to the false notion that we are separate. They refuse to acknowledge that they are connected to, and even descended from, other people of different skin color. Their egos demand that they be superior and that others be inferior. This is how they seek to justify their hatred of, and cruelty towards, others. "
59 " We live in a culture in which we are led to believe that anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don't get done are often the most worthwhile. "
― Laurence Overmire , One Immigrant's Legacy: The Overmyer Family in America, 1751-2009: A Biographical Record of Revolutionary War Veteran Capt. John George Overmire and His Descendants
60 " I have embraced Robert Burns and his beloved Scotland. I have heard the music of the authentic mother tongue. I have walked where he walked, lived where he lived, if only for a brief time, and seen where he died and where he was finally laid to rest. The ghost of Rabbie Burns will continue to walk beside me. And when I am gone, I will walk beside others who fight for the cause of truth. "