The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.

The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?

In the defense of civil liberties there can be no exceptions, or there will soon be many.

War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.

In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.

Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.

Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.

Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life.

Educational enterprises do not for any length of time remain immune from the struggle of interests for power which is the dominant feature of social life under a class system.

The heart has its reasons but the mind makes the excuses.

Avoid being narrow-minded

Miniature Emilie came along. Lincoln could tell she was watching him, but he tried not to encourage her. He didn't want to betray Beth. They wouldn't let you ride Splash Mountain, he thought.

Woo her not till thou hast seen her mother, for a score of years worketh wonders.

I definitely know that love is the most powerful thing of all.

John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didnt use it much. He didnt want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.

You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help.

The kingdom of self tends to be more focused on what the hands can touch than what the heart should embrace.

Common sense needs to be more common.

The way young people are joining communities online, and agreeing and separating themselves and creating their own facts about things like vaccination, is worrying.