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"There is none born wise." ~ Ptahhotpe, Maxims (24th century B.C.).
It‘s easy to find quotes on “sex and violence;” our winter, 2005, Campus CrossWalk theme. The quotes below -- and on the pages that follow (linked at bottom) -- span the spectrum of thought on love, war, sex, family, peace and freedom. Not all Christians think alike on these issues but Campus CrossWalk aims to arm you with moral clarity in a culture that obsesses on sex and violence.
Gems of Genius
“It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water; they are good servants but bad masters.” ~ Aesop, Greek fable author (620 BC - 560 BC).
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ~ Plato (427 - 347).
"Perseverance is more prevailing than violence, and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little." ~ Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD), Greek writer and moral philosopher.
“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.” ~ Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662).
"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), English poet.
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." ~ John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), English philosopher and economist.
“If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), American poet.
“Peace hath higher tests of manhood / Than battle ever knew.” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet (1807 - 1892).
"Lust is the craving for salt while dying of thirst." ~ Frederic Buechner.
"Go home and love your family." ~ Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997), receiving her Nobel Prize and responding to the question: "What can we do to promote world peace."
“No man is going to buy a cow if he can get the milk for free.” ~ Kathleen Parker, on male-female relationships and why some men won‘t commit.
"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet." ~ Jesus Christ, Gospel of Matthew.
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