"Peace consists, very largely, in the fact of desiring it with all one's soul. The inhabitants of my small country, Costa Rica, have realized those words by Erasmus. Mine is an unarmed people, whose children have never seen a fighter or a tank or a warship."

-- Oscar Arias

#Country Quotes #Peace Quotes #Children Quotes

“You should tell her how nice her outfit is because her outfit is her choice whereas her face isn't.”

Source : Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.84, Simon and Schuster
“The mind knows not what the tongue wants.”
“Souderton was a good town to grow up in. Everybody knew each other.”
“Martyrs, martyrs, martyrs,... we want a million martyrs to march on Jerusalem.”
“Accusing somebody of racism is a very effective weapon in Germany. Islamists know this: As soon as you accuse someone of demonizing Islam, then the European side backs down.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and the outer world is also limitless. We say "inner world" or "outer world" but actually, There is just one whole world.”
“In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western culture, being more suspicious of science, and hubris, you'll see a lot of fear of creating something that goes out of control.”
“Sometimes, I genuinely enjoy having conversations with journalists; enjoying the few moments of intimacy with a stranger is fascinating to me. But once in a while that backfires and you're suddenly reading something that has a bent on it that you didn't feel was in the least bit a part of the conversation that you thought you were having. Then you get overly protective and say very little and then you come out of the hole again.”

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