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Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
- Anonymous
Let all bear in mind that a society is judged not so much by the standards attained by its more affluent and privileged members as by the quality of life which it is able to assure for its weakest members.
- H.E. Javier Perez de Cuellar
War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.
- Norman Cousins
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.
- Plato
The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
- Mark Twain
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of humans as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is not safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
- Helen Keller
If we divide reality into two camps the violent and the nonviolent and stand in one camp while attacking the other, the world will never have peace.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
- William Ellery Channing
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
- Anonymous
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Nelson Mandela
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
- Hannah Arendt
Sensitivity to the immense needs of humanity brings with it a spontaneous rejection of the arms race, which is incompatible with the all out struggle against hunger, sickness, under-development and illiteracy.
- Pope John Paul II
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
- William Ellery Channing
I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.
- Benjamin Franklin
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
