From A Political Refugee From the Global Village
“If a natural cataclysm had placed a broad sea between the Germans and the French, the German character would not have been dominated by militarism. If – a more conceivable possibility – the Germans had succeeded in exterminating their Slav neighbors as the Anglo-Saxons in North America succeeded in exterminating the Indians, the effect would have been what it has been on the Americans: the Germans would have become advocates of brotherly love and international reconciliation."
AJP Taylor
"Love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you.
For those who are near you are far away …
And this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast
Don't expect any understanding;
But believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it."
"Love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you.
For those who are near you are far away …
And this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast
Don't expect any understanding;
But believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it."
Rainer Maria Rilke, "Letters to a Young Poet"
"Happiness is not about getting all you want, it is about enjoying all you have.
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