Without justice and love, peace will always be a great illusion.
Interpretation
Justice and love are essential for true peace; without them, peace is merely an illusion.
This quote by Hlder Cmara emphasizes the importance of justice and love as foundational elements for achieving genuine peace in society. It suggests that without these vital components, any semblance of peace is superficial and fleeting, highlighting the interconnectedness of social values and human relationships.
In practice
In a speech advocating for social change, one might use this quote to highlight the necessity of love and justice in promoting lasting peace.
If there is some corner of the world which has remained peaceful, but with a peace based on injustices the peace of a swamp with rotten matter fermenting in its depths - we may be sure that that peace is false. Violence attracts violence. Let us repeat fearlessly and ceaselessly: injustices bring revolt, either from the oppressed or from the young, determined to fight for a more just and more human world.
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.
The Consul felt a pang. Ah, to have a horse, and gallop away, singing, to someone you loved perhaps, into the heart of all the simplicity and peace in the world; was that not like the opportunity afforded man by life itself? Of course not. Still, just for a moment, it had seemed that it was.
I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all.
A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
How difficult it is to avoid having a special standard for oneself.
Feelings come, and feelings go, and feelings are deceiving. My warrant is the Word of God, naught else is worth believing.
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