John Dear quotes
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“No matter where you are in the world the moon is never bigger than your thumb.”
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“The life of "peace" is both an inner journey toward a disarmed heart and a public journey toward a disarmed world. This difficult but beautiful journey gives infinite meaning and fulfillment to life itself because our lives become a gift for the whole human race. With peace as the beginning, middle, and end of life, life makes sense.”
-- John DearSource : John Dear (2009). “Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action”, p.223, Image
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“Non-violence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the vicious cycles of violence, it requires a willing acceptance of suffering and death rather than inflicting suffering or death on anyone else.”
-- John DearSource : John Dear (2009). “Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action”, p.82, Image
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“It's strange how knowledge changes perception.”
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“We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult.”
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“My rule of thumb is, what Siskel and Ebert like, I don't, and vice versa.”
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“I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.”
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Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics
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