Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

Quote by Don Williams Jr

Topics: Love Quotes, Peace Quotes, World Quotes

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a...

It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a...

Better is the enemy of good

Better is the enemy of good

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same....

The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same....

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom

God, despite his casual silence, still exists. Of that I haven't a single doubt.

God, despite his casual silence, still exists. Of that I haven't a single doubt.

This man, although he may not actually have committed the crime attributed to him, is...

This man, although he may not actually have committed the crime attributed to him, is...

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not...

A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal

Fame and riches are fleeting. Stupidity is eternal

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the...

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom...

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom...

Aim for the stars and maybe you'll reach the sky

Aim for the stars and maybe you'll reach the sky

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty...

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred...

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred...

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.