Battle
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Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it.
I'm convinced that probably everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. It's just one more reason to always try to be kind.
Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.
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