"The territorial state is such an ancient form of society - here in Europe it dates back thousands of years - that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland."

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Source : "Peace: 1991-1995". World Scientific publication, p. 338, 1997.

Christian Lous Lange

#Religious Quotes #Strong Quotes #Years Quotes

“...Christ did not appoint professors, but followers. If Christianity ... is not reduplicated in the life of the person expounding it, then he does not expound Christianity, for Christianity is a message about living and can only be expounded by being realized in men's lives.”
“It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the processnof doing.”

Source : Elizabeth Kolbert (2012). “Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Climate Change - Is Time Running Out?”, p.130, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Does anyone in the UFC actually follow the rules?”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 04, 2015
“I lend people money, but I'd never lend something that would jeopardise a friendship if I didn't get it back.”
“Money can't buy you happiness but it can pay for the plastic surgery.”
“In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.”
“Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure it gives-that is the way the world judges it-but the joy and peace it can purchase for others.”
“To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well.”

Source : Edward M. Hallowell (1997). “Worry: Controlling it and Using it Wisely”, Pantheon

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