To shave off the beard (or any body hair) is to symbolically annihilate the (essentially specious) boundary separating Self from Other

What if you could be young again and were able to undo the things that were done that made you into the person you would later become. But then who would you be.

One German officer lived in the house opposite ours. He had a room with the Kahn family. They said he was a charming man - calm, likable, polite, and sympathetic. Three days after he moved in he brought Madame Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists rejoiced.

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

Written By Jimmy Carter

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