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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
“Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided.”
As quoted in Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (1998) by Johann Christoph Arnold, p. 155
Context: Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided. Yet time and time again one hears it said that since we have been put into a conflicting world, we have to adapt to it. Oddly, this completely unchristian idea is most often espoused by so-called Christians, of all people. How can we expect a righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause?
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.”
“I want to paint the way a bird sings.”
Variant: I would like to paint the way a bird sings.
Source: Monet By Himself
“You can't find the right roads when the streets are paved.”
“La dagaalanka rabitaanka naftu, waa furaha guusha ardayga.”
Source: https://in.pinterest.com/ahmedomaar7/ahmed-omaar-motivational-quotes-somali-quotes/
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
As quoted in Mayor (1984) by Ed Koch
Attributed
“Whenever I'm sad I just imagine if babies were born with moustaches.”
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6422617.Liam_Payne
“If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.”
Third Notebook: Part One
Source: No Longer Human
