“Simply stated — Love is as wise as enmity is foolish.  And in this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected every day, we must learn to do more than merely tolerate each other.  We must learn to do more than merely put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like or do things we can’t stand.  Indeed, in this world that is forcing us into closer & closer proximity, tolerance is not going to be enough – If we are going to survive as a species, we have no choice but to learn to openly & calmly & humbly & courageously Love one another.  If we are to live together, and not die together, we must learn to exude a kind of charity and a kind of respect and a kind of compassion that transcends our differences by reminding us that we are now – and that we always will be — indeed One.” ~ via Bertrand Russell

 

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