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1 " Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used, for the ultimate determinant in the struggle that's now going on in the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas, a trial of spiritual resolve, the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish, the ideals to which we are dedicated. "
― Ronald Reagan , The Quest for Peace, the Cause of Freedom
2 " Having ascended to some spiritual strength by focusing on the power of the feminine, it is no doubt tempting to wield this strength against that which triggers memories of having once been weaker. "
― Thomm Quackenbush , Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft
3 " Today it is hardly possible for any group to remain so isolated from others who have different values. Therefore it is necessary today for the individual to find support within himself. . . This strength within himself—through access to his own real needs and feelings and the possibility of expressing them—thus becomes crucially important for him on the one hand, and on the other made enormously more difficult through living in contact with various different value systems. These factors can probably explain the rapid increase of depression in our time and also the general fascination with various groups. "
― Alice Miller , The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
4 " ...the controlling of the sex nature builds up a reservoir of strength, and it is this strength that opens the door to the Innermost. "
