"War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]"

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes

“The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.”

Source : Percy Bysshe Shelley (1824). “Posthumous Poems”, p.367
“Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and chains to liberty. The more true information we can acquire, the better for our enfranchisement.”
“How can you consider flower power outdated? The essence of my lyrics is the desire for peace and harmony. That's all anyone has ever wanted. How could it become outdated?”
“The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.”
“The curiosity of cats is, like their affection, of a purity and intensity rarely seen in humans. We would be jaded when faced with the fiftieth paper bag. Not so our cats.”

Source : Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (2002). “The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey Into the Feline Heart”, p.114, Ballantine Books
“Stories are compasses and architecture, we navigate by them, we build our sanctuaries and our prisons out of them, and to be without a story is to be lost in the vastness of a world that spreads in all directions like arctic tundra or sea ice.”
“Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.”
“We must be reduced again and again to the limit of all resolution and resources and be compelled to feel the need of Another's help and sufﬁciency.”

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