"My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister."

-- Naomi Shihab Nye

#Brother Quotes #Revenge Quotes #War Quotes

“Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.”
“It's just as well that I write in the same facile way wherever I am - no blocks or anguish, no contemplation, no elaborate revision, no need for love-tokens or nice views.”
“God's Providence controls the universe. It is present everywhere. Providence is the sovereign Logos of God, imprinting form on the unformed materiality of the world, making and fashioning all things. Matter could not have acquired an articulated structure were it not for the directing power of the Logos Who is the Image, Intellect, Wisdom, and Providence of God.”
“I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them.”

Source : "History in the Making: Dems Force Debate on Ohio Voting Irregularities". www.democracynow.org. January 7, 2005.
“When we can really put ourselves in the shoes of the other, when we can reach new depths of empathy, then we can be effective ambassadors of peace.”

Source : James O'Dea (2012). “Cultivating Peace: Becoming a 21st Century Peace Ambassador”, p.67, Red Wheel/Weiser
“If our nation goes over a financial Niagara, we won't have much strength and, eventually, we won't have peace. We are currently borrowing the entire defense budget from foreign investors. Within a few years, we will be spending more on interest payments than on national security. That is not, as our military friends say, a 'robust strategy.'”

Source : Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.
“The ability to write compelling emails may be the single most useful talent an organizer can possess.”
“Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.”

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