The guerrilla band is not to be considered inferior to the army against which it fights simply because it is inferior in fire power.
Che GuevaraRead
I have a wish. It as a fear as well - that in my end will be my beginning.
Interpretation
Che Guevara reflects on the paradox of life and death, wishing that his end will lead to a new beginning.
This quote by Che Guevara encapsulates a profound philosophical reflection on the cyclical nature of existence. It highlights the duality of death and rebirth, suggesting that every ending may also be a starting point for something new. Guevara's wish underscores a deep hope that his legacy and ideals will continue to inspire and influence others, indicating that even in death, there is a potential for new beginnings.
In practice
In a eulogy, reflecting on the impact of a loved one's life.
The guerrilla band is not to be considered inferior to the army against which it fights simply because it is inferior in fire power.
Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?
It is a revolution that came to power with its own army and on the ruins of the army of oppression.
The final hour of colonialism has struck, and millions of inhabitants of Africa, Asia and Latin America rise to meet a new life and demand their unrestricted right to self-determination.
We must carry the war into every corner the enemy happens to carry it, to his home, to his centers of entertainment: a total war. It is necessary to prevent him from having a moment of peace, a quiet moment outside his barracks or even inside; we must attack him wherever he may be, make him feel like a cornered beast wherever he may move. Then his moral fiber shall begin to decline, but we shall notice how the signs of decadence begin to disappear.
This is not a story of heroic feats, or merely the narrative of a cynic; at least I do not mean it to be. It is a glimpse of two lives running parallel for a time, with similar hopes and convergent dreams.
There is a state of perfect peace with God to be attained under imperfect obedience.
It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.
No one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it ... Peace is a consciousness of springs too deep for earthly droughts to dry up. Peace is the gift not of volitional struggle but of spiritual hospitality.
Misery is what happiness rests upon. Happiness is what misery lurks beneath.
The modern world lies under a pervasive sense of anguish, of being abandoned, or at least experiencing God as absent. Yet events that seem to turn our lives upside down and inside out are part of God's redemptive plan, not only for us, but for the world in which we live. God may be preparing a great awakening for the world, if God can find enough people to cooperate in this mysterious plan.
A man is an angel that has gone deranged.
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