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Quote sources:
Chapter 1: Germany — Language
Ludwig Wittgenstein | A Lecture on Ethics, The Philosophical Review, 74(1), 1965, p. 11, https://doi.org/10.2307/2183526
Chapter 2: Poland — Cell pile
Buddha | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Mind in Indian Buddhist Philosophy, 2.1 The Three Marks of Existence, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mind-indian-buddhism
Chapter 3: Czech Republic — Values
René Descartes | Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences, 1637, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Method
Chapter 4: Slovakia — Emotions
Antonio Damasio | Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain, Avon Books, 1994, p. 245
Joseph Campbell | The Power of Myth (with Bill Moyers), Anchor Books, 2011 (first publication 1991), p. 44 (kindle edition)
Chapter 5: Hungary — Blockades
Carl Jung | Psychology and Alchemy: The Collected Works of C.G. Jung, vol. 12, Princeton University Press, second edition 1968, p. 128
Chapter 6: Slovenia — Integration
Ken Chlouber | (internet)
Chapter 7: Croatia — Now
Eckhart Tolle | The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Hodder, 2004, p. 90
Shunryū Suzuki | Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Weatherhill, 1995 (first edition 1970), p. 21
Thích Nhất Hạnh | Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go: Waking Up To Who You Are, Parallax Press, 2007, p. 10
Chapter 8: Bosnia and Herzegovina — Suffering
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | Pantheism, 14. Pantheism and the Problem of Evil, last substantive revision 17 August 2023, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pantheism
Albert Einstein | Glimpses of The Great (by George Sylvester Viereck), Duckworth, 1930, p. 373
Chapter 9: Montenegro — Flowing
Carl Jung | The Undiscovered Self, Routledge, 1957, p. 78
Heraclitus | original source unknown. “Panta rhei” was not ascribed to Heraclitus until the 6th century by Simplicius, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus#Panta_rhei
Chapter 10: Albania — Detachment
Meister Eckhart | The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart, translated and edited by M.O’C. Walshe, The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2007, p. 566
Bhagavad Gita | Verse 56, https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/2/verse/56
Bruce Lee | (internet)
Erich Fromm | The Art of Loving, 1957, p. 197
Chapter 11: Greece — Meditation
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Chapter 12: North Macedonia — Humanity
UNHCR | A refugee triathlon, https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/refugee-triathlon
Chapter 13: Bulgaria — Death
Dalai Lama | Advice on Dying: And Living a Better Life, Atria Books, 2002, p. 39
Bronnie Ware | The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing, Hay House, 2019, p. 40
Chapter 14: Turkey — Yourself
Paulo Coelho | Warriors of the Light: A Manual, HarperOne, 2003 p. 21
Viktor Frankl | Man’s Search for Meaning, Simon & Schuster, 1984, pp. 139-140
Chapter 15: Georgia — Courage
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | The Gulag Archipelago, Part IV: The Soul and Barbed Wire, Vintage Classics, 2018, pp. 358-359
Chapter 16: Armenia — Freedom
Jordan Peterson | The Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories: Genesis. Lecture VI: The Psychology of the Flood, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNjbasba-Qw&list=PL22J3VaeABQD_IZs7y60I3lUrrFTzkpat (1:30:55-1:31:12)
Chapter 17: Iran — Oneness
Dalai Lama | Oneness of Humanity, https://www.dalailama.com/videos/oneness-of-humanity-1 (00:00-01:01)
Thich Nhat Hanh | The New Sangha Handbook, https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/sangha-building-resources, New Sangha Handbook, p. 2
Chapter 18: Turkmenistan — Leadership
Amritabindu Upanishad | Verse 2-6, The Upanishads, Eknath Easwaran, Nilgiri Press, second edition 2008, p. 288
Rob Krar | https://robkrar.com/about
Chapter 19: Uzbekistan — Thankfulness
Rumi | The Masnavi, Book One, Oxford World’s Classics, 2004, p. 38
Christine Lagarde | Uzbekistan’s Reforms: A New Equation for Inclusive Growth and Cooperation, https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2019/05/17/sp051719-lagarde-uzbekistan-reforms-a-new-equation-for-inclusive-growth-and-cooperation
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | The Little Prince, Macmillan Collector’s Library, 2016, p. 66
Chapter 20: Tajikistan — Growth
Alfred Korzybski | Science and Sanity, Institute of General Semantics, 1994, p. 58
George Santayana | Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922, pp. 101-102
Chapter 21: Kyrgyzstan — Embedded Life
Albert Schweitzer | My Address to the People (translated), https://albert-schweitzer-heute.de/mein-wort-an-die-menschen-albert-schweitzer-1964
United Nations | Addressing Global Challenges with Indigenous Knowledge, https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/we-are-indigenous-addressing-global-challenges-indigenous-knowledge
Chapter 22: China — Zen
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Chapter 23: Pakistan — Joy of Life
Society for Conservation and Protection of Environment | https://www.scope.org.pk/mission.htm
Gilgit-Baltistan Forest, Wildlife & Environment Department | https://fwegb.gov.pk/about-us
Robert Waldinger | What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkKuTCFvzI (6:10-6:22)
Robert Pirsig | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, Bantam Books, 1995, p. 432
Adventure Foundation Pakistan | https://www.adventurefoundation.org.pk/afp-board
Chapter 24: India — Tolerance
Mahatma Gandhi | All men are brothers: Life and thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi (by Krishna Kripalani), Jitendra T Desai, 1960, p. 69
Parliament of the World’s Religions | https://parliamentofreligions.org/our-work/mission
Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 7, Verse 21, https://www.holy-bhagavad-gita.org/chapter/7/verse/21
Dalai Lama | Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011, p. 10
Karni Mata Temple | http://matakarnitemple.com/the-rat-temple-of-india
After
Antonio Damasio (same source as in chapter 4)
Joseph Campbell (same source as in chapter 4)
Carl Jung (same source as in chapter 5)
Ken Wilber | https://integrallife.com/what-is-integral-approach
Shunryū Suzuki (same source as in chapter 7)
Thích Nhất Hạnh (first quote: same source as in chapter 7)
Thích Nhất Hạnh | https://worldinterbeingsangha.org/
Wim Hof | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybOi4hjZFQ
De Kunstenaar | The Final Frontier, https://soundcloud.com/dekunstenaar/burning-man-2018-the-final-frontier (9:50-11:19), Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0; sound snippet modified: fading out effect added
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