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The inward desire for security expresses itself outwardly through exclusion and violence, and as long as its process is not fully understood there can be no love. Love is not another refuge in the search for security. The desire for security must wholly cease for love to be.
You see, there is fear as long as you want to be secure- secure in your marriage, secure in your job, in your position, in your responsibility, secure in your ideas, in your beliefs, secure in your relationship to the world or in your relationship to God. The moment the mind seeks security or gratification in any form, at any level, there is bound to be fear; and what is important is to be aware of this process and understand it. It is not a matter of so-called purity. The mind which is alert, watchful, which is free of fear, is an innocent mind; and it is only the innocent mind that can understand reality, truth or God.
Fear | Important | Mind | Relationship | Security | Truth | World | Understand |
The relationship of utility is based on violence; the family as a means of mutual inward security makes for conflict and confusion.
Family | Means | Relationship | Security |
Do not think by merely wishing for peace, you will have peace, when in your daily life of relationship you are aggressive, acquisitive, seeking psychological security here or in the hereafter. You have to understand the central cause of conflict and sorrow and then dissolve it and not merely look to the outside for peace.
Cause | Life | Life | Relationship | Security | Sorrow | Will | Think | Understand |
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.
John Lilly, fully John Cunningham Lilly``
Our only security is our ability to change.
John F. Kennedy, fully John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more new ideas for more wise men reading more good books in more public libraries. These libraries should be open to all — except the censor. We must know all the facts and hear all the alternatives and listen to all the criticisms. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors. For the Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our liberty.
Books | Good | Ideas | Men | Need | Public | Reading | Rights | Security | Wise |
Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.
Kofi Annan, fully Kofi Atta Annan
Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends with a calamity for entire nations.
Calamity | Dignity | Ends | Failure | Life | Life | Rights | Security | World | Calamity | Failure |
Kofi Annan, fully Kofi Atta Annan
On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights. For the first time in history, in this age of unprecedented wealth and technical prowess, we have the power to save humanity from this shameful scourge. Let us summon the will to do it.
Age | Day | Extreme | Humanity | Poverty | Power | Security | Time | Wealth | Will |
Maxim Litvinov, fully Maksim Maksimovich Litinov, born Meir Walach
There is no security for any of us unless there's security for all.
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Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
To make the world safe for those who own it, politically active elements of the owning class have created a national security state that expends billions of dollars and enlists the efforts of vast numbers of people.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, native form is Csíkszentmihályi Mihály
Money, security and comfort may be necessary to make us happy, but they are definitely not sufficient.
Elizabeth Fry, fully Elizabeth "Betsy" Fry, née Gurney
Does Capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that Property is of greater value than life.
Capital punishment | Law | Life | Life | Light | Property | Punishment | Security | Loss | Value |