Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.
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| — | ~~ Bern Williams |
How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry — between, say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is “accepted” as a “trade-off”.
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| — | Wendell Berry, farmer, author (b.1934) |
I’m not at all contemptuous of comforts, but they have their place and it is not first.
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| — | E.F. Schumacher, economist and author (1911-1977) |
Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.
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| — | John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900) |
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in that action.
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| — | ~~ Mother Teresa |
