Vincent Derr

“Anger is the deepest form of compassion, for another, for the world, for the self, for a life, for the body, for a family and for all our ideals, all vulnerable and all, possibly about to be hurt. Stripped of physical imprisonment and violent reaction, anger is the purest form of care, the internal living flame of anger always illuminates what we belong to, what we wish to protect and what we are willing to hazard ourselves for.”
― David Whyte, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words

“With the birth of Jesus, the great kingdom of peace has begun.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas

“Is it not a miracle that where Jesus has really become Lord over people, peace reigns?”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas

“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
― Thucydides