"Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war."

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Source : Ernst Toller (1934). “I was a German: The Autobiography of a Revolutionary”, Paragon House Publishers

Ernst Toller

#War Quotes #Soldier Quotes #Everyday Quotes

“Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.”

Source : I. F. Stone (2009). “The Best of I.F. Stone”, p.155, PublicAffairs
“(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn't work that way.”
“However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it.”

Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". "NOVA" Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.
“I'm always working. If I'm not in my studio I become quite nervous.”
“Doctors may have told you there is no hope for you medically, but you can always find supernatural HOPE from God's Word.”
“Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.”
“The main, as well as the least obvious, achievement of the Middle Ages was the creation of the experimental spirit and this was primarily due to the Muslims down to the 12th century.”
“I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.”

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