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Modern war and modern civilisation are utterly incompatible...one or the other must go.


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The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.



Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.



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.

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.



It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves.

It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men's attitude to women, and in women's attitude to themselves.



An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.

An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.



few things are more rewarding than a child's open uncalculating devotion.

few things are more rewarding than a child's open uncalculating devotion.



I thought that spring must last forevermore, For I was young and loved, and it was May.

I thought that spring must last forevermore, For I was young and loved, and it was May.



The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes.

The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes.



We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.



It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.

It never seems to occur to anybody that some women may not want to find husbands.





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