"... it is a commonplace that men like war. For peace, in our society, with the feeling we have then that it is feeble-minded to strive except for one's own private profit, is a lonely thing and a hazardous business. Over and over men have proved that they prefer the hazards of war with all its suffering. It has its compensations."

-- Ruth Benedict

#Lonely Quotes #Peace Quotes #War Quotes

“The world is not always ours to understand....”

Source : Heather Graham (2009). “Dust to Dust”, p.158, MIRA
“My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning. I wanted my death to be something the people could relate to, a basis for further mobilization of the community.”
“We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women-whose stories, for all our differences, turn out, if we listen well, to be our stories also.”
“It is precisely because we cannot see God that we can only know that our prayer is valid by the effect it has upon our lives, by the way we treat our neighbor.”
“There is a golden opportunity here for Christian men to assume a national leadership role by engaging in conversation with women.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“There tends to be a sort of mundane quality to what I select - things from around the house, around the studio. I'm not ashamed of the craft shop - the art supply store - and I don't need my work to be anti-art store, but I also believe in using things that are just sort of around - it makes sense to me.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.
“If you're going to get into big time religion, these are the games you have to play. You go into it as a business and you work it as a business.”
“Lasting change happens when people see for themselves that a different way of life is more fulfilling than their present one.”

Source : Eknath Easwaran “The Compassionate Universe: The Power of the Individual to Heal the Environment”, Nilgiri Press

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