The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
Interpretation
Patriotism is admirable, but it should not limit our love and compassion for people beyond our national borders.
This quote by Pablo Casals reflects the idea that while it is noble to love and feel a sense of pride for one's own country, such affections should not confine one's feelings to just those within that country. The underlying message encourages a broader understanding of love and humanity that extends across national boundaries, advocating for a sense of global solidarity and empathy towards all people, regardless of nationality.
In practice
In a speech about international cooperation, one might quote this to highlight the importance of unity beyond borders.
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.
I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.
How could anybody think of Bach as 'cold' when these [cello] suites seem to shine with the most glittering kind of poetry," Casals said. "As I got on with the study I discovered a new world of space and beauty... the feelings I experienced were among the purest and most intense in my artistic life!
All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs.
Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.
This regionalization is in keeping with the Tri-Lateral Plan which calls for a gradual convergence of East and West, ultimately leading toward the goal of one world government. National sovereignty is no longer a viable concept.
The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.
We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.
Requiescat Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust, She that was young and fair Fallen to dust. Lily-like, white as snow, She hardly knew She was a woman, so Sweetly she grew. Coffin-board, heavy stone, Lie on her breast, I vex my heart alone She is at rest. Peace, Peace, she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet, All my lifeβs buried here, Heap earth upon it.
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