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We can feed the seeds of peace, the seeds of compassion and we can transform that anger into practical peace-making.
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The quote presents peace and compassion as seeds that people can deliberately nurture. Anger is not treated as something that must simply be ignored; it can be redirected into practical peace-making. The image suggests that peaceful change grows through repeated, caring actions rather than appearing all at once.
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