Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
(nationalism is a source of hatred, but also a source of power for those who want to use it.)
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
(a solution to economic growth may bring us social problem that lives longer than the temporary economic benefits)
I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
(the only thing that some Chinese today will die for is money, but that's still short of fit to live)
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
(Western misreading and misrepresenting of the East is a real danger that leads to the clash of civilizations. For some, that's a crisis, but for others, that's maybe an opportunity. )
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.
(for the first time perhaps, our spiritual power has outrun our scientific power when we want to save the environment, but we don't have a controllable nuclear fusion.)
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