Tomorrow I depart for Jerusalem. Well, at 2.30 am tonight/tomorrow I depart. I have always wanted to visit the Holy Land, but as the trip approaches I have become preoccupied with the ideal of peace in Israel-Palestine. Is peace even possible in a land that has engaged in violence for so many decades? I would venture to say yes, though I cannot proffer how.
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| The "Lennon Wall" in Prague, Czech Republic. |
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“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
― John Lennon
“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“The path to Auschwitz was paved with indifference.”-- Ian Kershaw
“War
may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is
always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in
peace by killing each other's children.” -- Jimmy Carter
“Peace begins with a smile.” ― Mother Teresa
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.” -- Benjamin Franklin
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” ― Albert Einstein
“World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere
absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human
compassion.”
― Dalai Lama XIV
“Peace is always beautiful.”
― Walt Whitman
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The recent 60 Minutes segment on Christians in the Middle East (the subject of my trip).
