Thursday, October 30, 2008

PEACE

“Peace is achieved through dialogue, with conflicts considered, with the realization of one’s mistake and forgiveness available.”

“Peace can be worked out only where humility resides. Humility must be the foundation.”

“Only when you hear me, and when you get a chance to share the deep concerns and motives of your heart, only then we can have peace, considering that acceptance already is given.”

“When the peace is abounding the fields bloom, the hearts rejoice and there seems to be hope for everything, for yet another day.”

“Peace is not something given; we cannot take it for granted. Peace is a work out – we come together and agree to maintain it, even in our differences.”

“What is the cost of peace? Why it should be the hundred thousands of lives? It should be achieved, but not at human costs.”

“The greatest gift is peace. With peace we can go on, even when it seems very hard, we still can bring the change. Peace will enable us.”

“Peace flows out of justice, one should respect the boundary of the other, and those boundaries should help all – to self-realization with best for “the other” in mind.”

“Never undermine human dignity, for when it is violated - peace ceases. It is turmoil.”

“Grant us peace and in peace we will create.”

“If I could have but found - peace of the mind, of the soul and the land. These are my desires.”

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Diwali

I have a hard time appreciating the firecrackers.


"Нам дворцов заманчивые своды не заменят никогда свободы..."

Из Бременских Музыкантов

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Etty Hillesum

"One should want to be a balm on many wounds."

"Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that's not too awful either, but never, never give up."

"If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well."