“It is painful to recall a past intensity, to estimate your distance from the Belsen heap, to make your peace with numbers. Just to get up each morning is to make a kind of peace.” KindPastPeaceNumbersMorningDistancePainfulGet UpIntensityRecalls Author:Leonard Cohen
“We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.” PeopleKnowsHandsPainPeaceSidesPainfulCommittedCompromiseBoth Sides Author:Ariel Sharon
“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” InspirationalFeelsEasyPeaceEmotionalForgivenessForgivingPainfulWoundsForgivenPardonPositive EnergyAnimosityI Forgive YouWhat Is ForgivenessLove And ForgivenessInspirational ForgivenessAnger And ForgivenessForgiveness LoveNo ForgivenessForgiveness And PeaceInflicting Pain Book:Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage Source: Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage
“Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.” ArtLife IsHumanityCulturePeaceHealingDestinyFlowerBuddhismArt IsRosePainfulKarmaLiberationStemThornsBad KarmaSelf Reformation Author:Daisaku Ikeda