"Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind."

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Source : Julien Benda (2011). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”, p.184, Transaction Publishers

Herman Wouk

#War Quotes #Mind Quotes #States Quotes

“Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the stars.”
“Every man that ever lived craved perfect happiness, the detective poignantly reflected. But how can we have it when we know weâ€™re going to die? Each joy was clouded by the knowledge it would end. And so nature had implanted in us a desire for something unattainable? No. It couldnâ€™t be. It makes no sense. Every other striving implanted by nature had a corresponding object that wasnâ€™t a phantom. Why this exception? the detective reasoned. It was nature making hunger when there wasnâ€™t any food. We continue. We go on. Thus death proved life.”
“I've been having a lot of fun exploring different aspects of filmmaking, like writing and producing. There isn't a specific plan and I usually don't know what's going to be the next thing I do.”
“Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.”
“After three albums, you should shoot your producer”
“Originality in literature is only a new coat of paint on an old house.”
“Esso has been the main one in America spreading the disinformation that there is no global warming problem.”
“The art of utterance persuades initially by its music and its rhythm, before semiotic or personal characteristics come into play.”

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