"To an American, land is solidity, goodness, and hope. American history is about land."

-- William Least Heat-Moon

#Land Quotes #Goodness Quotes #American History Quotes

“To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.”
“Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life.”
“I've always followed the rule that anything worth doing is worth doing excessively.”
“The constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.”
“And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know.”
“The readiness with which women are apt to forgive the men who have deceived other women; and that inconsiderate notion of too many of them that a reformed rake makes the best husband, are great encouragements to vile men to continue their profligacy.”
“When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one's life, it brings a sense of belongingness, and responsibility, compassion and caring for the whole of humanity.”
“...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.”

Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel, Harold Kasimow (1991). “No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious Dialogue”, Orbis Books

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