"It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary."

-- Gerrit Smith

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #Broken Quotes

“If art depended on content, then one painting of an apple would be as good as the next one.”
“When I started travelling, I would go to a city and be on television and I used to get the question, 'Why do you work? If I were you, I'd just go and lie on a beach somewhere.' And I'd answer, 'Well, I wanted to make something of my life.”
“Now I also want to say, without a doubt, there are some wonderful, wonderful, absolutely wonderful things about being a man. But at the same time, there's some stuff that's just straight up twisted. And we really need to begin to challenge, look at it, and really get in the process of deconstructing, redefining, what we come to know as manhood.”

Source : "A call to men". TED Talk, www.ted.com. December 2010.
“Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?" Or is it possible for the lamp to say, "I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people"? Or can a tree say, "I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad"? These are images of what love is about.”

Source : Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.61, Image
“I wanted everybody to see a sunrise and be knocked out by the miracle of it, the world being created every morning.”
“If I only ran when nothing hurt, I would never run.”
“An English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was, â€˜Whatâ€™s your alma mater?â€™ I told him, â€˜Books.”
“Good luck trying to force Evie to do anything else once she has made up her mind. She is the definition of a stubborn, headstrong teenager.â€ â€œAnd you love me for it.â€ â€œI do.”

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