Kaddish for a Child Not Born (1990)
“Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.”
“The world is like that -- incomprehensible and full of surprises.”
Source: Gabriela, Clavo y Canela
“This world is but canvas to our imaginations.”
Variant: The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
Source: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/7cncd10.txt (1849), Wednesday
“Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.”
Nobel lecture (2005)
Context: Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building the machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity. Imagine a world in which we would shed the same tears when a child dies in Darfur or Vancouver. Imagine a world where we would settle our differences through diplomacy and dialogue and not through bombs or bullets. Imagine if the only nuclear weapons remaining were the relics in our museums. Imagine the legacy we could leave to our children.
Imagine that such a world is within our grasp.
“All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.”
Pomes All Sizes (1992)
Scotland in the World Forum (February 4, 2008), Church of Scotland (May 25, 2009)
Source: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
