"Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared."

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Henri Nouwen

#Life Quotes #Peace Quotes #Freedom Quotes

“It is our great collective misfortune that the scientific community made its decisive diagnosis of the climate threat at the precise moment when an elite minority was enjoying more unfettered political, cultural, and intellectual power than at any point since the 1920s.”

Source : Naomi Klein (2014). “This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.”

Source : Brother Lawrence (1967). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.20, Baker Books
“The technology certainly changes. I think, in terms of making films, that's been the biggest change. But many things stay the same. I mean, there's still stories to be told. There are scripts that give you a good guide and insight into the film.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“However, I also want to say this. The ranch standoff that took place out in Nevada was not about a man named Cliven Bundy. At the heart of this issue was my belief that our government is simply out of control. Now, to me, this was about a federal agencyâ€™s dangerous response to a situation that could have resulted in a catastrophe, and that means people dying and people being shot, kind of comparable to what we saw in Waco, Texas.”
“But I've a rendezvous with Death At midnight in some flaming town, When Spring trips north again this year, And I to my pledged word am true, I shall not fail that rendezvous.”

Source : "I Have a Rendezvous with Death" l. 20 (1916)
“Never blog just to put something out there. I would post only things that excite me.”
“I think the world should be represented on television and for the longest its been limited. Ethnic stories specifically need variety in content period.”
“To a brighter light, to a promised land, you can feel the power, of the master's hand.”

Source : Song: Rite Of Passage

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