“When I criticize a system, they think I criticize them – and that is of course because they fully accept the system and identify themselves with it." Thomas Merton #quote#qotd
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son #quote#qotd
"All the goodness and the heroisms will rise up again, then be cut down again and rise up. It isn't that the evil thing wins - it never will - but that it doesn't die." John Steinbeck #quote#qotd
"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them." Jodi Picoult #quote#qotd
"Everyone talks about peace but no one educates for peace. In this world, they educate for competition, and competition is the beginning of any war. When educating to cooperate and owe each other solidarity, that day we will be educating for peace." Maria Montessori #quote#qotd