“We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others. The closer we get to mass incarceration and extreme levels of punishment, the more I believe it's necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and-perhaps-we all need some measure of unmerited grace.” PeopleNeedsBelieveStatesSufferingI BelieveNationsCommunityJusticeLevelsCompassionGraceMassMercyExtremesAbsencePunishmentUnfairUnjustDecencyAbusiveIncarcerationVindictiveMass IncarcerationMistreated Author:Bryan Stevenson
“I believe the only reality is how we treat each other. The morality comes from the absence of any grander scheme, not from the presence of any grander scheme.” BelieveRealityI BelieveMoralityTreatsAbsenceSchemes Author:Joss Whedon
“I believe absence is a great element of charm.” BelieveI BelieveElementsAbsenceCharm Author:Benjamin Disraeli
“I believe that there is no test of greatness in periods, nations or men more sure than the development, among them or in them, of a noble grotesque, and no test of comparative smallness or limitation, of one kind or another, more sure than the absence of grotesque invention, or incapability of understanding it.” MenBelieveKindI BelieveNationsUnderstandingGreatnessDevelopmentPeriodsTestsNobleAbsenceInventionLimitationGrotesqueSmallnessIncapability Book:The Stones of Venice -: The Fall Source: The Stones of Venice -: The Fall
“It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I believe by Lord Ellesmere - that when he landed at Dover in 1814, after six years absence from England, the first order he gave at the Ship Inn was for an unlimited supply of buttered toast.” YearsFirstsBelieveMeanHomeOrderI BelieveLordHeroComfortSixEnglandAbsenceShipsRelatedUnlimitedToastsDukesInnsWellingtonDover Book:A Taste of the Sun Source: A Taste of the Sun