"Our earth is but a small star in a great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexxed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear, undivided by senseless distinctions of race, color or theory."

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Source : Stephen Vincent Benet (2016). “A Child Is Born - A Modern Drama of the Nativity”, p.4, Read Books Ltd

Stephen Vincent Benet

#Stars Quotes #War Quotes #Color Quotes

“I didn't think it would be possible, but it appears Isiah Thomas is a worse general manager than coach.....”
“To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.”
“We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.”
“Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.”
“everyone is naked... under their clothes.”
“The governing idea of Hellenism is spontaneity of consciousness ; that of Hebraism, strictness of conscience .”
“And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.”
“A fierce and monkish art; a castigation of the flesh. You must cut out your imagination and not fly an airplane but regulate a half-dozen instruments . . . .At first, the conflicts between animal sense and engineering brain are irresistibly strong.”

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