“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.” ~Buddha
“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”~Mohandas Gandhi
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.”~Mother Teresa
“Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.”~William Hazlitt
“We cannot be both the world’s leading champion of peace and the world’s leading supplier of the weapons of war.”~Jimmy Carter
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”~Abraham Maslow
“Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.” ~Pablo Neruda
Origami cranes will be offered to visitors at the WTC Tribute Center to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11. More information at OrigamiUSA
Fold as many cranes as you’d like and send them to:
OrigamiUSA
c/o Phyliss Meth
40-05 166th Street
Flushing, NY 11358
Cranes should:
- be folded from 6″ paper,
- be unopened,
- have the wings up,
- have no added embellishments
Cranes will be accepted until December 1, 2011.
Video showing how to make an origami crane.
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I’m going to take this to school and see what we can accomplish.
Hi Leyla!
I always get inspiration when I visit your blog!
Next, I will post this information, can I?
Cheers,
@martaide
Hi Marta,
Please post this information wherever you might want. The whole goal is to have plenty of people making and sending origami cranes!
Thank you for your visiting Origami Spirit.
Leyla
Here is a box with 50 cranes I sent to Origami USA.
“tsuru origami” is the best way to describ meaning of” peace”.
I really consider AKIRA YOSHIZAWA as the best designer.
I hope that a new generation will find a spirt of this art.
Thank you Adnane