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SOME INSPIRATION: Part 7.

“The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.” - Alice Coltrane

“If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in character; if there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home;
if there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation;
when there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.” - Alice Coltrane

“Youth is very sacred.  Do not misuse it by indulging in limitless desires and building castles in the air.  Pursue your education keeping God uppermost in your mind.  Do not get entangled in unnecessary activities and bondage, which will cause restlessness.  Today people are in search of peace.  But peace cannot be found in the external world.  You will find only pieces!  Peace is in you.  You are the embodiment of peace; you are the embodiment of truth; and you are the embodiment of love.  So first of all, know thyself.  Only then can you be blissful always.” - Alice Coltrane