"Again, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox forms of Judaism, which his parents and which my mother's parents were very steeped in."

-- Robert Jay Lifton

#Mother Quotes #Atheist Quotes #Father Quotes

“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.”

Source : Jack Layton's Letter to Canadians, www.theglobeandmail.com. August 20, 2011.
“If you are walking down the street, camera in your hand, loaded and ready to shoot. You see a person falling from a high building, either having fallen or jumped. That person is falling through space. You don't shoot that photograph unless the theme you are working on has to do with the effects of space on the human figure. If you simply photograph that event because it is an event that is happening, you're doing photojournalism.”
“This isn't a man who is leaving with his head between his legs.”
“Normal' is a dryer setting.”

Source : Elizabeth Moon (2004). “The Speed of Dark: A Novel”, p.258, Ballantine Books
“This president's committed to taking steps to move the Middle East peace process forward, to bringing the two parties to the table to negotiate a lasting peace. That is the only way that a two-state solution can be achieved that provides the security that Israel deserves and needs and the sovereignty that the Palestinian people seek.”
“From the first, I regarded myself as under obligation to my country to preserve the faces of its historic men and mothers”
“...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped me? I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy.”
“God honors you when you take a stand for what is right.”

Source : Jim George (2008). “The Bare Bones Bible® Handbook for Teens: Getting to Know Every Book in the Bible”, p.129, Harvest House Publishers

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