"I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command."

-- Petrarch

#Country Quotes #War Quotes #Book Quotes

“The early evangelists recognized they could help the Jesus story make sense if Jesus was seen as someone who was chosen to appease the wrath of God - hence, the 'anointed one' who could do what no one else could do.”

Source : Doug Pagitt (2012). “A Christianity Worth Believing: Hope-filled, Open-armed, Alive-and-well Faith for the Left Out, Left Behind, and Let Down in us All”, p.99, John Wiley & Sons
“We are moving away from the old idea of leadership -- leadership has less to do (now) with heroism. We don't look for... unblemished omnipotent heroes, but leaders who are complex, dependent, changeable... We do not need one dominant authority structure telling all our inner voices to shut up...”
“Social Media is much bigger than we give it credit for. Itâ€™s not just about PR or just about marketing.”
“Little by little, in telling Sam all these details, I got to see the bigger point of baseball, that it can give us back ourselves. Weâ€™re a crowd animal, a highly gregarious, communicative species, but the culture and the age and all the fear that fills our days have put almost everyone into little boxes, each of us all alone. But baseball, if we love it, gives us back our place in the crowd. It restores us.”
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person”
“The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear.”

Source : "Visions of Reality - A Study of Abnormal Perception and Behavior". Book by Alberto Rivas, p. 162, 2007.
“I believe God has called His people to be a light in darkness.”
“The question of how people orient around religion differently, or interact with one another, whether that be based on conflict or cooperation, will be one of the most engaging questions of the 21st century.”

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