Quote by Vera Brittain
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All that a pacifist can undertake — but it is a very great deal — is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate. – Vera Brittain

Other quotes by Vera Brittain

I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading. – Vera Brittain

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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see. – Vera Brittain

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The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve. – Solomon Ortiz

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The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Ignorance is a menace to peace. – Paul Harris

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As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace. – Rene Cassin

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Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. – Rich Kulawiec

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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it. – Michel de Montaigne

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If global cooling will come soon – scientists will lose trust. – Shigenori Maruyama

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The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery. – Erik H. Erikson

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