Ernest Gordon > Quotes

“It was a voice other than Reason that replied, ‘You could live. You could be. You could do. There’s a purpose you have to fulfil. You’d become more conscious of it every day you keep on living. There’s a task for you; a responsibility that is yours and only yours.’ ‘Good enough,’ I said. ‘I’ll get on with it.”
― Ernest Gordon, To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive

“Oh yes, I am of the opinion, too, that war is a very bad thing. I do not want war. My tribe does not want war. But,’ he added, unconsciously echoing the shibboleth common to all mankind, ‘how can we live at peace with our neighbours when they want war and are always making war?”
― Ernest Gordon, To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive

“I thought to myself as I heard this, ‘Aren’t there two kinds of food – one for the body and one for the soul? And of the two, surely the latter is the more satisfying?”
― Ernest Gordon, To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive

“Selfishness, hatred, envy, jealousy, greed, self-indulgence, laziness and pride were all anti-life. Love, heroism, self-sacrifice, sympathy, mercy, integrity and creative faith, on the other hand, were the essence of life, turning mere existence into living in its truest sense. These were the gifts of God to men.”
― Ernest Gordon, To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive

“Selfishness, hatred, envy, jealousy, greed, self-indulgence, laziness and pride were all anti-life. Love, heroism, self-sacrifice, sympathy, mercy, integrity and creative faith, on the other hand, were the essence of life, turning mere existence into living in its truest sense. These were the gifts of God to men. With”
― Ernest Gordon, To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive