#war

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#awkward #because #comfortable #felt #friends

I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#american #aware #conflict #i #i am

As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#anti-semitism #aware #because #being #existence

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#anybody #hero #i #one thing #themselves

When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them. ↗

— Steven Spielberg

#comes #down #go #happen #market

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#benevolence #confidence #disposition #justice #mere

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#reward #virtue

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#itself #reward #virtue

Also, I've already won all the awards. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#also #awards #i #won

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

#beautiful #beauty #called #confused #confusion