It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Army Quotes, Persuasion Quotes, Violence Quotes

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

I don't like talking on the phone when my parents are listening. So uncomfortable.

I don't like talking on the phone when my parents are listening. So uncomfortable.

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on...

Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on...