"The God of peace is never glorified by human violence."

-- Thomas Merton

#Peace Quotes #Violence Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Enough is abundance to the wise.”
“Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?”

Source : Charles Lindbergh, “Untitled”
“One must love a poet on its own terms.”
“Big cities like New York are thriving, economically, culturally, in terms of real estate values, and by a slew of other measures. Yet, at the same time, much of the country has been utterly hollowed out. In California, where I live, affluent coastal cities such as San Francisco and the Silicon Valley hubs have lower than national average unemployment, higher wages, higher tax bases. Meanwhile, there are inland counties in California where there's still nearly 20 percent unemployment.”
“I want my reputation to be judged on how I tackle the problem of ice if I'm elected as the member for Canning.”
“I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.”
“No matter how grave the secret, how imperative absolute silence, someone would always feel the urge to confess, and an unleashed secret is a terrible force.”

Source : "Téa Obreht: 'I don't feel I've earned the Orange prize'" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2011.
“Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority.”

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