“The same know contentment, for beauty is their lover, and beauty is never absent from this world.” Quote by Teresa of Avila
“Following Christ is a wild adventure full or risk, frustration, excitement, and setbacks. It is not an evening stroll in a planned community along a well-manicured path.” WellsChristCommunityPathRiskAdventureFollowingEveningExcitementFrustrationSetbackFollowing Christ Author:Larry Crabb
“As a military man who has given half a century of active service I say in all sincerity that the nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils because of the illusions they have generated. There are powerful voices around the world who still give credence to the old Roman precept - if you desire peace, prepare for war. This is absolute nuclear nonsense.” IfsMenWorldGivingStillsWarDesirePurposeGivenVoicePowerfulRaceExistenceHalfCenturyMilitaryArmsWeaponsIllusionAbsolutesAddActiveNuclearAround The WorldNonsenseSincerityNuclear WeaponsPerilArms RaceHalf A CenturyCredenceMilitary ManNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Lord Mountbatten
“The United States government was proud that, although perhaps 100,000 Iraqis had died in the Gulf War of 1991, there were only 48 American battle casualties. What it has concealed from the public is that 206,000 veterans of that war filed claims with the VA for injuries and illnesses. In the years since that war, 8,300 veterans have died, and 160,000 claims for disability have been recognized by the VA.” YearsHas BeensWarStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesProudBattleClaimsDiedIllnessInjuryDisabilityVeteranConcealedCasualtiesState GovernmentGulf WarUnited States Government Author:Howard Zinn
“When I visited Auschwitz I was horrified. And when I visited Iraq, I thought to myself, 'What will we tell our children in fifty years when they ask what we did when the people in Iraq were dying.'” PeopleYearsChildrenAsksDyingOur ChildrenIraqFiftyAuschwitz Author:Mairead Corrigan
“Through engagement with others, literature lets us imagine what it would be like to be differe.” Would BeLiteratureImagineEngagement Author:Denis Donoghue
“The discovery of an important need is almost as important as the invention which satisfies this need.” NeedsImportantDiscoveryInvention Author:Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin
“The assumption of being merely individuals is our greatest limitation.” IndividualLimitationAssumptionBeing Me Author:Vilayat Inayat Khan