"The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it not have material and spiritual evil as its consequences which far exceed whatever good might result? When will our moralists give us an answer to this question?"

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Source : John Hersey (2015). “Hiroshima [Illustrated Edition]”, p.31, Pickle Partners Publishing

John Hersey

#Spiritual Quotes #War Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Make a small painting of what you want to do... and project it up on a white wall... The enlarged version is so changed that there is no way of just visualizing it in the brain... It's a whole new dimension in painting.”
“Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.”
“Our kids are in a little band, and they like to play video games, and my wife and I do our best to live a low-key, non-Hollywood kind of life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Simplicity is not the absence of clutter,”

Source : "Sir Jonathan Ive: The iMan cometh". Interview with Mark Prigg, www.standard.co.uk. March 12, 2012.
“I'm fascinated by people in their eighties and nineties. Especially those who are still creating and living in an interesting way. I am fascinated by them because they have so much to say now that they've lived for so long.”
“Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.”
“Twenty-four years ago I went through a profound conversion of heart and God led me to the Catholic Church. A few years later I felt Him calling me to start a Bible study program.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“Her beauty might fascinate men, but it was difficult to charm them when she stood mute. . . .”

Source : Michelle Moran (2008). “The Heretic Queen: A Novel”, p.110, Broadway Books

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