"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Love Quotes #Inspirational Quotes #Peace Quotes

“I wanted to be some kind of captain of industry. Then I wanted to be in advertising, and then I wanted to be a newspaper reporter.”
“May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God who is the Father, Son and Spirit.”
“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”
“First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.”

Source : Michael J. Sandel (2005). “Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics”, p.151, Harvard University Press
“There is an ultimate wildness in all this, for the universe, as existence itself, is a terrifying as well as a benign mode of being. If it grants us amazing powers over much of its functioning we must always remember that any arrogance on our part will ultimately be called to account. The beginning of wisdom in any human activity is a certain reverence before the primordial mystery of existence, for the world about us is a fearsome mode of being. We do not judge the universe.”
“FIND WHAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT AND LIVE A LIFE THAT SHOWS IT.”
“Having lost sight of our goal, we must redouble our efforts!”
“I wake up to start dreaming.”

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