"The lamb misused breeds public strifeAnd yet forgives the butcher's knife."

Morality, Forgiveness, Conflict, Peace, Life

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"The lamb misused breeds public strifeAnd yet forgives the butcher's knife."

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"The malice thus becomes wholly real and the benevolence largely imaginary."

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Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"One man thinks justice consists in paying debts, and has no measure in his abhorrence of another who is very remiss in this duty and makes the creditor wait tediously. But that second man has his own way of looking at things; asks himself Which debt must I pay first, the debt to the rich, or the debt to the poor? the debt of money or the debt of thought to mankind, of genius to nature? For you, O broker, there is not other principle but arithmetic. For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

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"There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul."

R. Alan Woods, American Author

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"Violence is not the answer. Terrorism is the most dangerous of answers."

Elie Wiesel, American Novelist

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"The Ten Commandments are the most visible symbol because these commandments are recognized by Christians and Jews alike as being the foundation of our system of public morality."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

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"On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time."

George Orwell, British Author

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"We live as One Man for contracting our infinite senses we behold multitude or expanding: we behold as one."

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"As a man is so he sees."

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"If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise."

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"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."

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"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."

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"The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does."

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"Exuberance is beauty."

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"I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity."

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