The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.
The future is our greatest adversary. We are a very backward-looking society, and as such, we are continually blindsided by the future.
If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems.
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.
We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.
The Internet - central to modern life - provides new ways for our enemies to plan and act against us.
The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.
Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express.
The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.