#brotherhood

When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person. ↗

— David Kirk

#breaking #brotherhood #brothers #calls #concept

Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence. ↗

— Pervez Musharraf

#enmity #hatred #islam #peace #teaches

Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not? ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #life #wrath #life

The Old Language really was beautiful, Blay thought. Staring at the symbols, for one brief, ridiculous moment he imagined his own name across Qhuinn's shoulders, carved into that smooth skin in the manner of the mating ritual. Never going to happen. They were destined to be best friends...which, compared to strangers, was something huge. Compared to lovers? It was the cold side of a locked door. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#black-dagger-brotherhood #blay #qhuinn #qhuinn-and-blay #beauty

The guy in the Red Sox hat came in with an astonishingly beautiful blond woman at his side. He stood close to her, and though they weren't touching, it was clear that they were a couple. They just belonged together. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#black-dagger-brotherhood #butch #j-r-ward #lover-unbound #marissa

Perfect date material, she thought. A vampire with the social equivalent of road rage. ---Beth about Wrath ↗

— J.R. Ward

#dark-lover #dating

I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments ↗

— John Steinbeck

#government #experience

The bittersweet about truth is that nothing could be more hurtful, yet nothing could be more helpful. ↗

— Mike Norton

#brotherhood #envy #friend #friendship #need

No man can be an exile if he remembers that all the world is one city. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#inspirational #profound #inspirational

We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#brotherly-love #love