When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.
Shimon PeresRead
Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be friends. Why should we hate each other?
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the power of communication and connection among individuals, promoting friendship over conflict.
Shimon Peres highlights the transformative potential of dialogue among people, suggesting that when individuals engage in conversation, they often discover common ground and can foster friendships. The quote advocates for understanding as a means to combat hatred, implying that societal change begins with personal connections and mutual respect.
In practice
In a community meeting discussing local governance, one could use this quote to emphasize the need for open dialogue among residents.
When it becomes a bloody reality, we have to come together and look at what can be done to return to the order of peace, ... There is no alternative to it.
I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in the underground. We were short of manpower, short of arms. I was 24 years old. I was supposed to serve my country for one or two years. I am 89 years old this year, and I keep going.
The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn't produce money. Ideas produce money.
The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.
The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage.
Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.
So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.
Good-Bye is an easy word to say but try saying it to a friend. If I never knew you, I'd be safe, but half as real, never knowing I could feel.
Nobody ever lies about being lonely.
I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense.
The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.
We often don't realize what our action & our inaction do to people we think we will never see & never know.
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