Everything intercepts us from ourselves. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones. – Sir Anthony Eden

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make ones own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude. – Henri Frederic Amiel