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The peace makers shall be called the children of God.
The peace makers shall be called the children of God.
I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am read more
I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some read more
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.
I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.
I lean to you, numb as a fossil. Tell me I'm here.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness.
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.
Right human relations is the only true peace.
Right human relations is the only true peace.
