#ki

There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless. ↗

— Michael Scott

#defending #dignity #honor #killing #war

These wonderful narrations inspired me with strange feelings. Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base? He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle, and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike. To be a great and virtuous man appeared the highest honour that can befall a sensitive being; to be base and vicious, as many on record have been, appeared the lowest degradation, a condition more abject than that of the blind mole or harmless worm. For a long time I could not conceive how one man could go forth to murder his fellow, or even why there were laws and governments; but when I heard details of vice and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and I turned away with disgust and loathing. ↗

— Mary Shelley

#humankind #inspirational

The first time is always the hardest ↗

— Sarwat Chadda

#death #kill #trials #death

Kebaikan sejati dan tulus adalah kebaikan yang dilakukan tanpa diketahui orang yang menerima kebaikan. ↗

— Yoshichi Shimada

#kebaikan #kindness #inspirational

People have to deal with their issues together; they have to expose themselves and kind of exhaust themselves. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#exhaust #expose #issues #kind #people

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. ↗

— Robert F. Kennedy

#making-a-difference-in-the-world #robert-f-kennedy #inspirational

Chris proposed exactly the way I've always dreamed. Our families were close by, but it was just us out on a beautiful deck overlooking a lake in East Tennessee. We had just been on a hike and - in our workout clothes - he hit the knee! We feel so blessed by God that He sent us each other, and we are looking so forward to forever together. ↗

— Hillary Scott

#beautiful #been #blessed #chris #close

You and I cannot possibly know the hidden pain eating holes in individual lives, so if we want to be saviors, in partnership with the Lord, we will be kind to everyone, everywhere, all of the time. ↗

— Virginia H. Pearce

#kindness-compassion #inspirational

In God's scheme what is a few billion years here and there. Perhaps there have come and gone a dozen human civilizations in the past billion years that we know nothing about. And after this civilization we are living in destroys itself, it will all start up again in a million years when the planet has all its messes cleaned up. Then, finally, one of these civilizations, say five billion years from now, will last because people treat each other the way they ought to. ↗

— Leon Uris

#humanity #inspirational #kindness #inspirational

I'm an anti-industrial kind of guy. ↗

— Robert M. Parker, Jr.

#i #kind