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“There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavour of life until he has known poverty, love and war. The justness of this reflection commends it to the lover of condensed philosophy. The three conditions embrace about all there is in life worth knowing. A surface thinker might deem that wealth should be added to the list. Not so. When a poor man finds a long-hidden quarter-dollar that has slipped through a rip into his vest lining, he sounds the pleasure of life with a deeper plummet than any millionaire can hope to cast.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

“What message, years of conflagration, have you: madness or hope? On thin cheeks strained by war and liberation bloody reflections still remain.”

Years Stills War Messages Reflection Madness Liberation Cheeks Bloody

Author:Alexander Blok

“An idea is only an idea if it causes unease, debate and reflection. By that standard, Thomas Homer-Dixon's concept of an 'ingenuity gap' is truly a new idea. I can think of no other new concept that so fully condenses all of the challenges we face as a human civilization than the 'ingenuity gap'. Homer-Dixon has found a way to unite all of our concerns about economics, war, population growth, complexity, etc. under a single heading. He is one of an elite group of academics who can write for a mass audience.”

“While all the pomp and circumstance of war animated others, it only saddened me; and all of past reflection, all of future dread, made the whole grandeur of the martial scene, and all the delusive seduction of martial music, fill my eyes frequently with tears.”

Made War Whole Eye Past Tears Circumstances Scene Reflection Dread Seduction Animated Grandeur Militarism Saddened

Book:Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)

Source: Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)

“I was enthralled and moved by Azar Nafisi's account of how she defied, and helped others to defy, radical Islam's war against women. Her memoir contains important and properly complex reflections about the ravages of theocracy, about thoughtfulness, and about the ordeals of freedom-as well as a stirring account of the pleasures and deepening of consciousness that result from an encounter with great literature and with an inspired teacher.”

“The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history of war. But we can at least crystallize the lessons into two simple maxims- one negative, the other positive. The first is that, in face of the overwhelming evidence of history, no general is justified in launching his troops to a direct attack upon an enemy firmly in position. The second, that instead of seeking to upset the enemy's equilibrium by one's attack, it must be upset before a real attack is, or can be successfully launched”

“I like to move as much as possible and look at reflections, weird angles, subjects from airplanes and cranes. I feel sorry for the Jabba the Hut types who can't do this. Once an obese student told me that he wanted to be a war photographer. I said, "Really?" and then I shot him.”

Feels Looks Said War Wanted Moving Subjects Students Type Reflection Shots Sorry Photographer Airplane Angle Huts Obese Cranes

Author:Peter Menzel

“On reflection, some things do super well because they hit with the time. Some things do super well because they are able to activate a kind of echo chamber or bandwagon or cascade - they didn't particularly hit with the time. Some things are just too astonishingly good to not hit the top. Those three explanations, with respect to the Star Wars phenomenon, seem to me all to pass the plausibility test, and to explore them, with respect to Star Wars, I think casts light not just on the saga of our time, but also on everything about our culture.”

Thinking Wells Kind War Light Seems Able Culture Three Stars Reflection Tests Casts Explanation Our Time Phenomenon Echoes Chamber Saga Activate Cascade Bandwagon

Author:Cass Sunstein

“..when a war ends, what does that look like exactly? do the cells in the body stop detonating themselves? does the orphanage stop screaming for its mother? when the sand in the desert has been melted down to glass and our reflection is not something we can stand to look at does the white flag make for a perfect blindfold? yesterday i was told a story about this little girl in Iraq, six-years-old, who cannot fall asleep because when she does she dreams of nothing but the day she watched her dog eat her neighbor's corpse. if you told her war is over do you think she can sleep?”

“I will be my undoing, If I become my obsession. I will forget the ones I love, If I do not serve them. I will war with others, If I refuse to see them. Therefore, I choose to turn away From my reflection, To rely not on myself But on my brothers and sisters, To project always outward Until I disappear [And only God remains.]”

Ifs War Turns Forget Brother Projects Reflection Remains Refuse Disappear Obsession Rely My Brother Brothers And Sisters Undoing Abnegation

Author:Veronica Roth

“The milestone of 100 episodes is a reflection of the amazing work and dedication of the entire Clone Wars cast and crew. Being a part of this production has been an honor and privilege that has changed my life forever.”

Has Beens War Forever Changed Honor Reflection Casts Privilege Productions Dedication Episodes Crew Changed My Life Milestone Amazing Work

Author:Ashley Eckstein

“How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our Wars are transacted, is when compared to them. A very fit consideration, and matter of Reflection, for those Kings and Princes who sacrifice the Lives of so many People, only to flatter their Ambition in being Masters of some pitiful corner of this small Spot.”

Source: The Celestial Worlds Discover'd, Or, Conjectures Concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets

“The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration”

World Mean War Opinion Violence Reflection Available Broke War Of The Worlds Consideration Public Opinion Resorts Mislead Elementals

Author:Hjalmar Branting

“If we fight only to live, we will forget why we lived at all.”

War Purpose Courage Identity Battle Survival Reflection Philosophical Meaning Historical Fiction

Book:The Sword and the Hearth

Source: The Sword and the Hearth

“Maev looked at me as if the war had never touched me. That was the greatest mercy.”

Love War Character Emotion Healing Forgiveness Reflection Historical Fiction Tenderness Maev

Book:The Sword and the Hearth

Source: The Sword and the Hearth

“...history is not a line, but a wound. A festering, septic wound that oozes tragedy and periodically bursts, flooding the present with the pus of old hatreds and long-buried fears”

War Dark Powerful History Human Nature Reflection Philosophical Timeless Literary The Weaver

Author:Saad Ali