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A hundred thousand elephants,A hundred thousand horses,A hundred thousand mule-drawn chariots,Are not worth a sixteenth partOf a single step forward.-Buddha, "The Connected Discourses of the Buddha"com

Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual, the glorious inhabitants of those sacred places where there is nothing but light and immortality; no shadow of matter for tears, discontentments, griefs, and uncomfortable passions to work upon; but all joy, tranquility, and peace, even for ever and ever...
-Richard HookerFrom "Angels All Around Us." Compiled by Karen Maguire. Reprinted by arrangement with Andrews McMeel Publishing.