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“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

“Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”

Inspirational Form Spirit Peace Growth Violence Adversity Democratic Obstacles Intolerance Slander Non Violence General Assembly

Book:The Message of Mahatma Gandhi

Source: The Message of Mahatma Gandhi

“Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.”

Way May Doe Peace Growth Moral Materials Comfort Increase Materialism Material Possessions Moral Growth

Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi

Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi

“I believe we have made a decision now that will permit us to create an economic order in the world that will promote more growth, more equality, better preservation of the environment, and a greater possibility of world peace, we are on the verge of a global economic expansion that is sparked by the fact that the United States at this critical moment decided that we would compete, not retreat.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1993, Bk. 2, August 1 to December 31, 1993

“In the very nature of every human being has been sown the seed of the ability to love. You and I ought to welcome this seed, cultivate it carefully, nourish it attentively and foster its growth by going to the school of God's commandments with help of His grace.”

Humans Has Beens Helping School Peace Growth Human Beings Ability Grace Love You Ought Seeds Welcome Commandments Ability To Love

Author:Saint Basil

“We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.”

War States Desire Peace Growth Cease Anti War Antiwar Decrease Weakening

Book:Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers

Source: Leo Tolstoy: Letters and Papers

“Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.”

People World Earth Peace Growth Born Issues Written Generations Sky Bloody Another World New Earth

Book:Fields Watered with Blood: Critical Essays on Margaret Walker

Source: Fields Watered with Blood: Critical Essays on Margaret Walker

“This was the tree, and it seemed to me standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not merely smaller in relation to your growth, but they are absolutely smaller, shrunken by age. In this double demotion the old giants have become pygmies while you were looking the other way.”

Men Way Years Age Peace Growth Tree Childhood Standing Relation Giants Encounters Standing There Separate Peace Demotion

Book:A Separate Peace

Source: A Separate Peace

“It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear . . . . It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to.”

Way Peace Growth Change Things Change Blanket Old Ways Starting Anew Dryers Afraid Of Change Trapeze

Author:Marilyn Ferguson