Reminder

 "Good motives, sincerity and infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hipocrites and brutes. 

11th March 2023

 "Books suggest the inner light and the method of bringing that out, but we can only understand them when we have earned the knowledge ourselves. When the inner light has flashed for you, let the books go, and look only within. You have in you all and a thousand times more than is in all the books. Never lose faith in yourself, you can do anything in this universe. Never weaken, all power is yours."

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_7/Inspired_Talks/Thursday,_August_1

Quotes from the Declaration of Independence

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. 

Extract from 13 Days: Cuban Missile Crises - Robert Kennedy

...Our friends, our allies, and, as Thomas

Jefferson said, a respect for the opinions of mankind,

are all vitally important. We cannot be an

island even if we wished; nor can we successfully

separate ourselves from the rest of the world.

The Crucible of Discourse: Embracing Conflict and Debate in the Pursuit of Truth

 Opinion, even fact itself, can

best be judged by conflict, by debate.  

There is an important element missing when there is

unanimity of viewpoint.

Diplomatic Maneuver

"In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.” - Lao Tzu

In Military Literature it is usual to characterize four stages for wartime. The first stage is the peaceful period; the second is escalation; the third is armed conflict; and the fourth is the day after war.

Compassion - The Antidote to War

"It is easy to love your friend, but sometimes the hardest lesson to learn is to love your enemy.”

- Lao Tzu

 

Justice Quote - Lao Tzu

 

"Wheels of Justice, grind slow but Grind fine"

 - Lao Tzu