"When the soil's fertility is being conserved instead of raped, when village life is a social unity, when pride of craftsmanship returns, when everyone works for the sake of adding beauty and importance to life, when every river is clean and bright, and the proud words 'I serve' are in everyone's heart and purpose. Then my country will be good enough for me."

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Source : Henry Williamson (1966). “A solitary war”

Henry Williamson

#Country Quotes #Heart Quotes #Pride Quotes

“People used to say obvious things ironically or as a form of understatement, but in the last few decades they seem to say it with a sense of discovery, and it worries me.”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.274, Del Rey
“Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, sit down with myself and explain that things were going to be okay, that everybody loses ground sometimes and it doesnâ€™t mean anything. Itâ€™s the way life works. This is hard to understand in the moment. You get to thinking about the girl who rejected you, the job you got fired from, the test you failed, and you lose sight of the big picture â€” the fact that life has a beautiful way of remaking itself every few weeks.”
“We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together.”
“We're flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge.”

Source : "The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper". The OCLC Newsletter, No. 167, www.cs.yale.edu. March/April 1987.
“(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)”
“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.”
“I beg you, put an end to the occupation. I beg the Italian government and the Italian people to put pressure on the government to pull out.”

Source : "Kidnapped reporter begs Italy to withdraw" by Rory Carroll, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2005.
“Even the propagandists on the radio find it very difficult to really say let alone believe that the world will be a happy place, of love and peace and plenty, and that the lion will lie down with the lamb and everybody will believe anybody.”

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