330 quotes found
“Merely by doing darshan of just one kashay free person, ones paap (sins; demerit karmas) get washed away! There can be no kashay-free person other than a Gnani.”
“Lasting harmony between the sexes cannot be achieved through social, psychological, or political reform alone...they are not sufficient in themselves because gender reconciliation entails an inhere...”
“Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social marker...”
“I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.”
“Thats what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesnt matter.”
“Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict -- alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.”
“First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.”
“Any pain that human beings can create, human beings can transcend.”
“The course of true love never did run smooth said by lysander”
“It is not what we feel that gets us in to trouble. It is how we express how we feel that causes conflict.”
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. Thats life. Thats human nature.”
“The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death. There is a kind of gestalt-shift between the two p...”
“Marriage is meant to keep people together not just when things are good, but particularly when they are not. That's why we take marriage vows - not wishes”
“Weve learned that sometimes a lack of conflict in a marriage means you are not fighting for it. There are times you must battle to become one.”
“It's hard to give up the being together with someone.”
“But in the midst of this decaying, burning city, there are pockets of hope. It can be found in the tiny dark rooms in underground bars, where women with short hair cheer on men in dresses. It can b...”
“Why can't we be friends now?" said the other, holding him affectionately. "It's what I want. It's what you want." But the horses didn't want it they swerved apart: the earth didn't want it, sendin...”
“Always listen to your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything.”
“All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.”
“Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.”
