#stern

Love is sacrifice. Love sacrifices itself for its neighbor. ↗

— Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

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

The great weakness of the West is that it has nothing with which to inspire loyalty except wealth. But what is wealth? Another washing machine, a bigger car, a nicer house to live in? Not much to feed the spirit in all that. ↗

— John Burdett

#capitalism #economics #politics #western-civilization #inspirational

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

The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#china #currency #empire #hard #infusion

I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning. ↗

— Conrad Burns

#between #bring #bulbs #come #dirt

The domination of western values, beliefs and way of life has angered many from the east and in developing countries. ↗

— Silvia Cartwright

#beliefs #countries #developing #domination #east

You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#divisive #eastern #itself #know #quarrelsome

You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#got #music #notes #played #realize

As I have pointed out, it is the Christian tradition that is the most fundamental element in Western culture. It lies at the base not only of Western religion, but also of Western morals and Western social idealism. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#base #christian #christian tradition #culture #element