"Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared."

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Source : Julien Benda (1969). “The Treason of the Intellectuals”

Julien Benda

#Men Quotes #Possession Quotes

“I made a big mistake. It is indefensible and I am sorry.”
“When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.”
“American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.”

Source : "Gov. Haley: 'We need a person that's going to go show courage ... Mitt Romney is the person to do it'". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2012.
“We must walk united with our differences: there is no other way to become one. This is the way of Jesus.”
“When you think of love do you think of pain?”
“The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death.”
“...it's always been difficult for us to lead an examined life as a corporation. I've always felt like a company has the responsibility to not wait for the government to tell it what to do, or to wait for the consumer to tell it what to do, but as soon as it finds out it's doing something wrong, stop doing it.”
“Perhaps we clutch at life only when we have never lived or trusted it. Then death seems the last and greatest defeat, the end of something never felt.”

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