"He [John Hampden] knew that the essence of war is violence, and that moderation in war is imbecility."

-- Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild

#War Quotes #Essence Quotes #Violence Quotes

“Kant did think he had a moral route back to rational faith in God, for those who need it, and he thought that at some level, we all do need something like it.”
“Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.”
“There is no danger if our prayer is without words or reflection because the good success of prayer depends neither on words nor on study. It depends upon the simple raising of our minds to God, and the more simple and stripped of feeling it is, the surer it is.”
“I think I would be very sad if I wasn't able to have a baby.”
“It really was my brother who got me involved in swimming. I wanted to be just like him and do everything he was doing.”
“Beware of "the real world". A speaker's apeal to it is always an invitation not to challenge his tacit assumptions.”
“When I went into the publishing industry, many women talked about the difficulty they had in persuading their families to let them go to college. They educated the boys, and the girls had to struggle.”
“It's easier to ask forgiveness than to beg for permission.”

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