"He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Long Quotes #Looks Quotes #Sun Quotes

“The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are serious about capturing more than about 8 percent of the black vote.”
“We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises - exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources. Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.”
“Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.”
“The Christian faith allows us to see further and deeper, to appreciate that nature is studded with signs, radiant with reminders, and emblazoned with symbols of God, our creator and redeemer.”
“No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.”
“In our road through life we may happen to meet with a man casting a stone reverentially to enlarge the cairn of another which stone he has carried in his bosom to sling against that very other's head.”
“We want peace with all our hearts. But peace cannot be achieved through weakness.”
“How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit”

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