“Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.”
Quotes for When You Need Peace · Page 151
Serene words to slow down your world and bring you back to stillness.
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“There is no peace and no rest in the development of material interests.”
“All passion is lost now. The world is mediocre, limp, without force.”
“Who knows what true loneliness is — not the conventional word, but the naked terror?”
“As to honour — you know — it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of.”
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
“Our sweat and our blood have fallen on this land to make other men rich.”
“We have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to win our cause.”
“They have imposed hunger on us, and now we hunger for justice.”
“We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live.”
“We must use the only strength that we have, the force of our numbers.”
“The time has come for the liberation of the poor farm worker.”
“That is why we must get together and bargain collectively.”
“We shall do it without violence because that is our destiny.”
“We ask for its presence with us, beside us, as Christ among us.”