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The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place.


Richard Parks Bland


#aristocracy #away #countries #driven #europe

A wide and vague impression exists that so-called Eastern religion is more contemplative, innocuous, and humane than the proselytizing monotheisms of the West. Don't believe a word of this: try asking the children of Indochina who were dumped by their parents for inherited deformities that were attributed to sins in a previous 'life.


Christopher Hitchens


#buddhism #eastern-religion #indochina #monotheism #rebirth-buddhism

The Lord does not require us to wear a [cassock] — He wants us to be good and kind.


Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica


#eastern-orthodoxy #jesus-christ #kindness #monasticism #spirituality

He loves deep... hates hard, ever'thing's that killed what he loves. All great warriors are sich men.


Forrest Carter


#josey-wales #love #noremorse #revenge #western

Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor.


Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica


#eastern-orthodoxy #inspirational #love #neighbor #sacrifice

Kropp on the other hand is a thinker. He proposes that a declaration of war should be a kind of popular festival with entrance-tickets and bands, like a bull fight. Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out on themselves. Whoever survives the country wins. That would be much simpler and more than just this arrangement, where the wrong people do the fighting


Erich Maria Remarque


#germany #indignation #inspirational #literature #reality

SUN, MOON, AND STARRY SKY Early summer evenings, when the first stars come out, the warm glow of sunset still stains the rim of the western sky. Sometimes, the moon is also visible, a pale white slice, while the sun tarries. Just think -- all the celestial lights are present at the same time! These are moments of wonder -- see them and remember.


Vera Nazarian


#evening #evenings #heaven #light #lights

Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.


Ibrahim Rugova


#countries #eastern #eastern europe #europe #kosovo

Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.


Bill Griffith


#stern

The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.


Aharon Appelfeld


#civilization #his #individuality #narrow-minded #situation