"All of us can work for peace. We can work right where we are, right within ourselves, because the more peace we have within our own lives, the more we can reflect into the outer situation."

-- Peace Pilgrim

#Peace Quotes #Situation Quotes

“All thought of something is at the same time self-consciousness [...] At the root of all our experiences and all our reflections, we find [...] a being which immediately recognises itself, [...] and which knows its own existence, not by observation and as a given fact, nor by inference from any idea of itself, but through direct contact with that existence. Self-consciousness is the very being of mind in action.”
“The most successful supporters of tyranny are without doubt those general declaimers who attribute the distresses of the poor, and almost all evils to which society is subject, to human institutions and the iniquity of governments.”

Source : Thomas Robert Malthus (1989). “An Essay on the Principle of Population”, p.129, Cambridge University Press
“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.”
“War is just what we do. Yet, of course, the effects of it are repeatedly deeper, then deeper, then deeper.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“In any leadership position, you're always going to be disappointing somebody.”
“Filming is repetition and many takes”
“There are very few things in life I find that are as magical in person as you imagine them to be. Cannes was one of those experiences that held up to that magical essence. It's the epitome of class and elegance for the entertainment industry.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
“Everything, everything, everything! I want to know everything. I want the privilege of being a crone.”

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