"Francis of Assisi tells us we should work to build peace.Â But there is no true peace without truth!Â There cannot be true peace if everyone is his own criterion, if everyone can always claim exclusively his own rights, without at the same time caring for the good of others, of everyone, on the basis of the nature that unites every human being on this earth."

-- Pope Francis

#Caring Quotes #Rights Quotes #Earth Quotes

“We never quit trying. I know that's kind of corny, but the fact is we never quit trying. The dugout was alive even when we were behind. And sometimes it works.”

Source : "A postgame interview with Tony La Russa". MLB interview, stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. October 28, 2011.
“Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.”
“Life is not the mountaintops, it's the walking in between.”

Source : "I Like You". Song by Ben Rector, 2013.
“Remember, someone, somewhere in some corner of this somewhat big world, is out there crying if you're unhappy and is happy if you are! And you know who that someone is!”
“A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That's how awful the loss is.”
“If two people can love each other without even speaking the same language, age and numbers are even easier to overcome.”
“The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.”
“Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.”

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