All Quotes By Tag: War

“Unrelenting internal wars of a society destroys the fabric of unity, yeilding way to the dark veil of divisiveness.”

“In school, it got so that Elijah learned to talk his way out of anything, gave great long speeches so that his words snaked themselves like vines around the nuns until they could no longer move, […].”

“The world is a different place in this new century, […]. And we are a different people. My visions still come but no one listens any longer to what they tell us, what they warn us. I knew even as a young woman that destruction bred on the horizon. […] War touches everyone, and windigos spring from the earth.”

“O Heavenly Children, the stories you have concocted in God’s name have angered Him; for he would never instigate war between brothers, or encourage tribes to harbor resentment towards one another. He prefers the man who loves over the one who hates. And the man who spreads kindness, peace and knowledge, over the one who spreads lies, fear and terror — and misuses His name.”

“One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other’s military without battle is the most skillful.”

“Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.”

“I let all that anger and worry go because they don’t belong to me any more than the future does. And I don’t wanna feel them anyhow, because the truth is, whatever happens when this war ends, here and now, far from Richmond County, I’m freer than I’ve ever been.”

“Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other ‘undesirable’ side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

“It is of the greatest important in this world that a man should know himself, and the measure of his own strength and means; and he who knows that he has not a genius for fighting must learn how to govern by the arts of peace.”

“Peace is not an easy prospect–it requires greater bravery than does conflict.”

“Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.”

“These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment.”

“Women particularly should concern themselves with peace because men by nature are more foolhardy and headstrong, and their overwhelming desire to avenge themselves prevents them from foreseeing the resulting dangers and terrors of war. But woman by nature is more gentle and circumspect. Therefore, if she has sufficient will and wisdom she can provide the best possible means to pacify man.”

“Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.”

“Live Free or Die; Death is Not the Worst of Evils.”