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Militarism has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations. The single art of war makes progress at the expense of all the arts of peace. ↗

— Arnold Joseph Toynbee

#militarism #peace #war #art

The more we can purge ourselves of the diseases we create the more we can become magnificent people. ↗

— Judith Light

#create #diseases #magnificent #more #ourselves

All that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters. ↗

— Gordon Lightfoot

#faces #names #remains #sons #wives

You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you. ↗

— Jake Lloyd

#fighting #go #harsh #towards #you

In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can this person advance my standing?   In the hierarchy, the artist looks up and looks down. The one place he can’t look is that place he must: within. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#art

May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home. ↗

— Trenton Lee Stewart

#friendship #teamwork #friendship

I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other's eyes out and call it a day; instead we put on huge radiant smiles and spout compliments until our teeth hurt from the saccharine sweetness of it all. ↗

— Jody Gehrman

#fake #friends #friendship #humor #pretense

The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you. ↗

— John Marsden

#inspirational-love #friendship

Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#dealing-with-people #friendships #guidance #life-and-living #people

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that. ↗

— Gordon Lightfoot

#earlier #i #keep #light #most