We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that. ”
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us....”
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”
“Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else...”
“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.”
“By the time we've made it, we've had it.”
“People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they'll believe you.”
“The self is...a creation, the principal work of your life, the crafting of which makes everyone an artist. This unfinished work of becoming ends only when you do, if then, and the consequences live...”
“Makers?" said Toby. Jaysir nodded."We're not loners, you know. There just weren't any on Wallop. We love to get together, we just refuse to engage in social relations that are based on material ine...”