"Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith."

-- Pope John Paul II

#War Quotes #Catholic Quotes #Absence Quotes

“I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvement I see no further hope.”
“An instant can crush a brain and change the course of life, the course of history.”

Source : Susan Abulhawa (2010). “Mornings in Jenin”, p.29, Bloomsbury Publishing
“O Lord, may I never want to look good. O Jesus, may I always read it all: out loud and the very way it should be. May I never look at the other findings until I have come to my own true conclusions: May I care for the least of the young: and become aware of the one poem that each may have written; may I be aware of what each thing is, delighted with form, and wary of the false comparison; may I never use the word "brilliant."”
“Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.”

Source : "Girl Scouts Changed the World 100 Years Ago — Now it’s Our Turn" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.
“A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.”

Source : Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (1988). “Political and moral dimensions”, p.435, Transaction Publishers
“I liked her better for showing a little spirit.”
“Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.”
“In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.”

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