At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists.
Polly Horvath
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Pacifists are like sheep who believe that wolves are vegetarians.
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POLLY HORVATH Our deeds and actions can change the heart of men.
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TAURUS MORGAN We were both well-known, teaching, working at our professions and having a good standard of living. ...
DAMIAN NISENSON What does our way of caring for others look like? Do we check our schedules first or do we get out o...
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ANITA DU PLESSIS Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro,
In all the raging impotence of woe.
HOMER ("SMYRNS OF CHIOS") At times, it can be extremely violent.
JIM SLAVIN Until we end our violence against the earth- a matter ignored by most pacifists, as the issue of mil...
WENDELL BERRY Have we entered an era where our lives can be destroyed by a pack of wolves hacking at their keyboar...
MARK COFFEY We can make up for our actions. But for our inactions, what we fail to do ...
JAMES SALLIS We were thrown to the wolves.
ASHLEY BOEHNEL We will review the incident, but at this point we believe the deputies' actions were appropriate.
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A.W. TOZER Then we left, just me running with my sister, the wolves at our backs.
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EHUD OLMERT We were kind of thrown to the wolves. ... But you know, we might be a bunch of freshmen, but we're a...
ASHLEY BOEHNEL I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging...
ANTHONY HOROWITZ Fae warriors: invaluable in a fight—and raging pains in her ass at all other times.
SARAH J. MAAS Any man can be kind when he is comfortable. I'd always thought kindness a trivial virtue, therefore....
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD We all believe that the particular actions of the Coast Guard at that time were unnecessary and unwa...
ALEX PENELAS I have waltzed with wolves and howled at the moon. But my heart will always remember the slow-dance ...
ALFA H Thoughts first then actions, and actions must be justified; otherwise we will regret our actions.
PETER SAYSOMPHANE We all believe that the particular actions of the Coast
Guard at that time were unnecessary and...
ALEX PENELAS There are still some significant differences of opinion. But a century ago, pacifists were guilty of...
MARKUS FURRER We are far from perfect but willing to be different.
CRAIG GROESCHEL At that time, we were in charge. We didn't ask. We just did. We just did what was in our heart.
BEN E. KING Perhaps that's why men did it. You didn't do it to save duchesses, or countries. You killed the enem...
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BELVA LOCKWOOD Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea
CHARLES DICKENS We love the Lord with all our heart. I know this is a fund-raiser, but we can worship also.
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TALENA WINTERS From the moment we were notified, our actions were governed by our commitment to safeguard our patie...
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ANDY DICK Many people who appear to be wolves are actually sheep, but many pretend to be sheep but they actual...
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YEHUDA BERG Polly has been a great leader and representative of our program.
CINDY FISHER I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legi...
BELVA LOCKWOOD We used to be jealous of all our friends who were just taking it easy while we were rehearsing and s...
LISA ORIGLIASSO Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.
SARAH WEEKS . “Love doesn’t please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.
KERRELYN SPARKS Emotion and instinct were the basis of all our decisions, our actions, everything we valued, the way...
KAREN JOY FOWLER The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword...
WILLIAM BLAKE Everyone knew there were wolves in the mountains, but they seldom came near the village - the modern...
TERRY PRATCHETT We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the...
JOSE PADILHA [In] The Wolves in the Walls, ... If the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over.
NEIL GAIMAN When we think of all the beatitudes in life, our heart shall be merry.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA We were wolves once / Wild and wary / Then we noticed you had sofas
FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO If we were nothing here, at least we were children of God. At some far-off point in time, all these ...
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DANA TRUMM We were on stage. We were supposed to speak our dialogues. But at times, a smile says more than word...
AVIJEET DAS We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.
COTVOS We were poor, my mother and I, living in a world of doom and gloom, pessimism and bitterness, where ...
SAID SAYRAFIEZADEH We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives behind them...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Violent extremism is going viral, but our response to it is moving at bureaucratic, sluggish speed.
MIKE MCCAUL Love in your mind can be felt by some, love in your heart can be felt by many, but love in your soul...
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JAHNI COWLEY We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak prett...
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AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO We were uncomfortable with it from the beginning because we felt like we were, I guess our heart was...
DUSTIN KENSRUE We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ...
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produ...
FRANÇOIS DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD In the beginning, we were concerned because we were all losing our jobs, but in an environment of st...
CHARLES BOFFERDING It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at sel...
JOSEPH P. BRADLEY If you look at 1983, the film of the year was 'Terms of Endearment.' 'Scarface' was ...
STEVEN BAUER Look at me; look at me.
Can you see; can you see?
I am here; you are there.
No more f...
DEBASISH MRIDHA No woman ever ages beyond eighteen in her heart.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN WE VALUE REACTIONS BUT VALUE IS CREATED BY OUR ACTIONS !
DR.PRASAD RAJHANS We are never more alive but when our thoughts, actions and feelings are in resonance.
BRANDON A. TREAN I think that it will be another factor in the debate ? that wolves can kill people.
ADRIAN WYDEVEN My your heart never be bitter as dandelion greens but let it be sweet as honey and flow from your ac...
STARGAZER Our actions in the aftermath of this terrible incident were swift and decisive.
MARK VERNARELLI I can't be perfect for you, but you are perfect for me.
ANTHONY T. HINCKS April can be a violent month.
BRIAN AVERY We can disagree with one another without being raging, judgmental, spiteful, self-righteous lunatics...
SCOTT STABILE Our wings were clipped, our restrictions were made, our boundaries were tested but now we are free, ...
JENNIFER GILMOUR West was playing great, and I didn't think we were playing well at all. But you look up there, and w...
GREG MCKENZIE If God 'foresaw' our acts, it would be very hard to understand how we could be free not to do them. ...
C.S. LEWIS We wander, question. But the answer waits in each separate heart - the answer of our own identity an...
CARSON MCCULLERS We have no indication at all that our aircraft were involved in that incident.
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