"The end of the Cold War removed the immediate causes of whole destruction but not the threat contained in our knowledge. We must tame this knowledge with the ideals of justice, caring, and compassion summoned from our common human spiritual and moral heritage, if we are to live in peace and serenity in the twenty-first century."

-- Mahnaz Afkhami

#Spiritual Quotes #War Quotes #Knowledge Quotes

“I could only relax when there was just one tiny white last spot left. I could see more clearly. I could grasp the shape of the picture again... The pictures are alive because of the white remnant, the almost concealment.”

Source : Arnulf Rainer, Rudolf Herman Fuchs, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Haags Gemeentemuseum (1989). “Arnulf Rainer: an exhibition”, Not Avail
“If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.”
“If we don't have souls then who am I talking to when I keep telling myself to be good?”
“Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.”
“If you are nice, nice things happen to you.”
“Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure are, by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral and subject to chance.”
“You're not a man until your father says you're a man.”
“My father belonged to a commune, and the food was ghastly. My idea of food hell is the salad cream they'd pour all over bits of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. It was just disgusting.”

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