"Poland is smaller than France or Germany, for example. What would a common foreign policy look like? Would the trip I took to Kiev last week require a detour through Brussels in the future? Would it require approval from Brussels? While the West, for its part, doesn't think twice about other countries when it comes to its projects?"

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Lech Kaczynski

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Detours Quotes

“There is, in short, no 'spatial fix' that can contain the contradictions of capitalism in the long run.”
“At the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country, Iran, is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics.”

Source : "Iran Calls Oscar Win A Success Over Israel". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. February 27, 2012.
“Who we shall become we are already in our souls.”

Source : Christin Lore Weber (1989). “Blessings: A WomanChrist Reflection on the Beatitudes”, p.199, Christin Lore Weber
“Until as recently as November of 1966, I had complete faith in the Warren Report. Of course, my faith in the Report was grounded in ignorance, since I had never read it.”
“Just think of something that would be "wonderful" if it were only "possible". Then set out to make it possible.”
“I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.”
“Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.”

Source : Sogyal Rinpoche (2009). “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition”, p.27, Harper Collins
“The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”

Source : Pope Francis (2014). “The Joy of the Gospel”, p.17, BookBaby

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