Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
The Problem of Peace (1954)
Putin's war of smoke and mirrors (2016)
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
The Problem of Peace (1954)
“Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange
If we accept them we will never win.”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
Stanza 1 of "Absolute War" a poem composed by Patton in July 1944, during Operation Cobra as quoted in The Patton Papers 1940-1945 (1996) edited by Martin Blumenson p. 492
Context: Now in war we are confronted with conditions which are strange
If we accept them we will never win.
Since being realistic, as in mundane combats fistic
We will get a bloody nose and that's a sin.
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
The statement "The future of all life, including our own, depends on our mindful steps." and much of the theme of this essay also occur later in his writings, including The World We Have : A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology (2008), Ch. 1 : The Bells of Mindfulness, p. 3
The Sun My Heart (1996)
Context: All life is impermanent. We are all children of the Earth, and, at some time, she will take us back to herself again. We are continually arising from Mother Earth, being nurtured by her, and then returning to her. Like us, plants are born, live for a period of time, and then return to the Earth. When they decompose, they fertilize our gardens. Living vegetables and decomposing vegetables are part of the same reality. Without one, the other cannot be. After six months, compost becomes fresh vegetables again. Plants and the Earth rely on each other. Whether the Earth is fresh, beautiful, and green, or arid and parched depends on the plants.
It also depends on us. Our way of walking on the Earth has a great influence on animals and plants. We have killed so many animals and plants and destroyed their environments. Many are now extinct. In turn, our environment is now harming us. We are like sleepwalkers, not knowing what we are doing or where we are heading. Whether we can wake up or not depends on whether we can walk mindfully on our Mother Earth. The future of all life, including our own, depends on our mindful steps.
Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) French politician
Letter to Georges Louis (28 July 1908), quoted in David Robin Watson, Georges Clemenceau: A Political Biography (London: Eyre Methuen, 1974), p. 221.
Stephen Harper (1959) 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
Montreal Gazette, April 2, 2003: On the Iraq war.
2003
Glenn Beck (1964) U.S. talk radio and television host
Values Voter Summit 2011-10-08, quoted in * Beck: "There Is A Race War That Is Going On In Our Country"
Media Matters for America
2011-10-08
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201110080003
2011-08-17
2010s, 2011
Mitsumasa Yonai (1880–1948) Prime Minister of Japan
Quoted in Henry Hitch Adams, Years to victory (1973), p. 448.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
1930s, Address at Chautauqua, New York (1936)
António Guterres (1949) Secretary-General of the United Nations
António Guterres, "Secretary-General's remarks on Climate Change" https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2018-09-10/secretary-generals-remarks-climate-change-delivered, 10 September 2018.