"Under the magnetism of friendship the modest man becomes bold; the shy, confident; the lazy, active; and the impetuous, prudent and peaceful."

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Friendship Quotes #Men Quotes #Peaceful Quotes

“Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.”
“For chemistry is no science form'd Ã priori; 'tis no production of the human mind, framed by reasoning and deduction: it took its rise from a number of experiments casually made, without any expectation of what follow'd; and was only reduced into an art or system, by collecting and comparing the effects of such unpremeditated experiments, and observing the uniform tendency thereof. So far, then, as a number of experimenters agree to establish any undoubted truth; so far they may be consider'd as constituting the theory of chemistry.”
“It’s hard to feel hurt or frightened when you’re flooded with pity.”

Source : "What happened when I confronted my cruellest troll" by Lindy West, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2015.
“A foreign observer is struck by our gentleness: by the orderly behaviour of the English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling, the willingness to form queues.”
“Most bands don't even last fourteen months let alone fourteen years.”
“Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.”
“Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.”
“A consistent peace activist must be an anarchist.”

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