"One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible."

-- Daniel Berrigan

#Peace Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 460, 1895.
“It's unreasonable to expect medical doctors and pharmaceutical companies to tell you how to avoid their services by trying the alternatives.”

Source : Andrew Saul, Ph.D. (2009). “Doctor Yourself: Natural Healing That Works: Easyread Edition”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com
“We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected ourselves. The large liberty of others displeases us, and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws, but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appears how seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.”
“That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.”
“As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.”
“We regard as 'scientific' a method based on deep analysis of facts, theories, and views, presupposing unprejudiced, unfearing open discussion and conclusions. The complexity and diversity of all the phenomena of modern life, the great possibilities and dangers linked with the scientific-technical revolution and with a number of social tendencies demand precisely such an approach, as has been acknowledged in a number of official statements.”

Source : Andrei D. Sakharov (1968). “Progress, coexistence, and intellectual freedom”
“Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.”
“Work is one of the best educators of practical character.”

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