Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies – or else? The chain reaction of evil – hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars – must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sometimes the shortest distance between two points is a winding path walked arm in arm. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld