If somebody says 'I love you' to me, I feel as though I had a pistol pointed at my head. What can anybody reply under such conditions but that which the pistol holder requires? 'I love you, too'.
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Physical love is unthinkable without violence.
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Milan Kundera
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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Ernst F. Schumacher
Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.
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Yehuda Bauer
We often think of peace as the absence of war, that if powerful countries would reduce their weapon arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we see our own minds- our own prejudices, fears and ignorance. Even if we...
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Thich Nhat Hanh
More Quotes By Bryant McGill
The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others.
We must seek together to address the good aspirations of people everywhere, for we are bound together through great commonality.
A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
Do not let your grand ambitions stand in the way of small but meaningful accomplishments.
Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.