"It is a essential truth that wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot."

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This reflection on peace by Don Bensen resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in peace is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Don Bensen

Donald Roynald Bensen, known also as Don Bensen and listed sometimes as D.R. Bensen, was an American editor and science fiction writer. As an editor he is known best for editing works of P. G. Wodehouse and his involvement with their re-issue as paperbacks in the United States. As an author, he is known best for his 1978 humorous alternate history novel, And Having Writ..., published first by Bobbs-Merrill company.

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