#liz

God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#dream #family #god #goodness #i

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#backgrounds #brings #different #different backgrounds #different people

But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#after #also #continue #games #had

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#against #another #community #does #even

Monuments and archaeological pieces serve as testimonies of man's greatness and establish a dialogue between civilizations showing the extent to which human beings are linked. ↗

— Vincente Fox

#beings #between #civilizations #dialogue #establish

UNC symbolizes something special. When you get chills you know you belong here. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#chills #get #here #know #something

A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#deserves #drives #existence #into #large

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#culture #duty #i #impose #muslims

The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period. ↗

— Oriana Fallaci

#culture #dead #give #moment #period

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. ↗

— David Brin

#civilization #could #culture #down #feed