quotes about Preparing For War

“Let go of your ego's need to be right. When you're in the middle of an argument, ask yourself: Do I want to be right or be happy? When you choose the joyous, loving, spiritual mode, your connection to intention is strengthened.”

“This fire in me, it's not just the hunger of a woman for a man - it's the hunger of all my people back of me, from all ages, for light, for the life higher!”

Source : Anzia Yezierska (2014). “Hungry Hearts: Stories of the Jewish-American Immigrant Experience”, p.50, Courier Corporation

“If I lose you because of the blind idiot I've been then I will be the one who is destroyed”

“It's more likely in America that your parents will file for bankruptcy than divorce. We think of divorce as so prevalent, but we all know that happens because somebody moves out of the house.”

“Economics and ethics are not mutually exclusive.”

“I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at the bar was to mix the classical music with popular songs, and that meant I had to sing. What happened was that I discovered I had a voice plus the talent to mix classical music together with more popular songs, which at the time I detested.”

“Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.”

Source : Jack London (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jack London (Illustrated)”, p.5942, Delphi Classics

“Literature is a bad crutch, but a good walking-stick.”

“I've learned that it's OK to be flawed, that life can be messy, that some days you glide and some days you fall, but most important, that there are no secret answers out there.”

“Death is feared as birth is forgotten.”