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THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

'The pen is mightier than the sword' was coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in for his play " Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy ," 1839: “True, This! -   Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanters wand! - itself a nothing! -   But taking sorcery from the master-hand To paralyse the Caesars, and to strike The loud earth breathless! - Take away the sword -   States can be saved without it!” The people which one must be most fearful of are the ones who have intangible powers to move the world. It is not your governments, nor the police or even the army. All these forces do not compete with this force. In fact, those forces I have mention are usually placed to try and curb the rampant effect of this one, formidable force, and the people who have command of this force usually don’t have guns, armour or even an office at times; they are just simple craftsman. They are powerful however, because th

TOUCHING HEARTS

Imagine you are walking at your local town street on a Saturday winter afternoon to meet up with a dear friend. It is not as busy and buzzing with cars and taxis as it is during weekdays. The sun is fairly warm and you're just enjoying in the cool breeze. And as you continue on with you stride you then see at the traffic lights a beggar lady with a child. She has just arrived to start her "shift", and is fixing her worn-out blanket. She then sits down and as you are approaching she does something remarkably touching; she kisses her baby in the forehead and you see her and the baby smiling. You look around and no one else witnessing this amazing moment. As you continue walking approaching the traffic intersection, few cars drive by the traffic lights and as usual no one pays attention because, well, that's not what they want to see and plus she isn't the only beggar in town. As you reach the traffic lights and before you cross over you then turn to your left a