These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be…

Yann Martel
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These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger at themselves. For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. ✨ Yann Martel (2012). Life Of Pi, Illustrated, p.110, Canongate Books
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