QUOTES
"After
the verb "to love," the verb, "to help" is the most beautiful verb in the world."
"Strange
how blind people are! They are horrified by the torture chambers of the Middle
Ages, but their arsenals fill them with pride!" -
One of the eternal truths is that happiness is created and developed in peace,
and one of the eternal rights is the individual's right to live. The strongest
of all instincts, that of self-preservation, is an assertion of this right, affirmed
and sanctified by the ancient commandment: Thou shalt not kill."
This
question of whether violence or law shall prevail between states is the most vital
of the problems of our eventful era, and the most serious in its repercussions.
The beneficial result of a secure world peace are almost inconceivable, but even
more inconceivable are the consequences of the threatening world war which many
misguided people are prepared to precipitate. The advocates of pacifism are well
aware how meager are their resources of personal influence and power. They know
that they are still few in number and weak in authority, but when they realistically
consider themselves and the ideal they serve, they see themselves as the servants
of the greatest of all causes.
“The
half of humanity that have never bourne arms is today ready to struggle to make
the brotherhood of man a reality. Perhaps the universal sisterhood is necessary
before the universal brotherhood is possible.”
