Amity Quotes - Page 2

• The spirit of sacrifice and selflessness of the defence forces is an inspiration for all Indians. Strong armed forces are necessary for an atmosphere of peace, amity, harmony and brotherhood in the country.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Strong, Inspiration

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• One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he read us this parable. Let us have a little less of "hands across the sea," and a little more of that elemental distrust that is the security of nations. War loves to come like a thief in the night; professions of eternal amity provide the night.

  Ambrose Bierce

  War, Night, Men

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.232, 谷月社

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• What good deed can government do for religion? The best deed of all: leave it free and unencumbered, burdened by neither enmity nor amity.

  Edwin Gaustad

  Government, Atheism, Enmity

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• An earnest conjuration from the King,
  As England was his faithful tributary,
  As love between them like the palm might flourish,
  As peace should still her wheaten garland wear
  And stand a comma 'tween their amities,
  And many such-like as's of great charge,
  That, on the view and knowing of these contents,
  Without debatement further, more or less,
  He should the bearers put to sudden death,
  Not shriving time allow'd.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Love Is, Views

  William Shakespeare (1820). “Select plays of William Shakespeare: With the corrections & illustrations of various commentators”, p.263

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• With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind Shall never don again its green array. Chapel and fireside, country road and bay, Have something of their friendliness resigned; Another, if I would, I could not find, And I am grown much older in a day. But yet I treasure in my memory Your gift of charity, and young hearts ease, And the dear honour of your amity; For these once mine, my life is rich with these. And I scarce know which part may greater be,-- What I keep of you, or you rob from me.

  George Santayana

  Country, Memories, Heart

  George Santayana, Martin A. Coleman (2009). “The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings”, p.484, Indiana University Press

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• I would be shocked by the lack of security if we were not at Amity headquarters. They often straddle the line between trust and stupidity.

  Veronica Roth

  Stupidity, Would Be, Lines

  Veronica Roth (2013). “Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 2)”, p.13, HarperCollins UK

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• Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’… ‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’… ‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’… ‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’… ‘And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.

  Veronica Roth

  Ignorance, Duplicity, Selfishness

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• As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use.

  Dalai Lama

  Long, Chinese, Alive

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• The fish was an enemy. It had come upon the community and killed two men, a woman, and a child. The people of Amity would demand the death of the fish. They would need to see it dead before they could feel secure enough to resume their normal lives.

  Peter Benchley

  Children, Men, Two

  Peter Benchley (2012). “Jaws 2-Book Bundle: Jaws and Shark Trouble”, p.111, Random House

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• We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.

  Li Peng

  Country, Asian, Development

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• I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Running, Home, Thinking

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• WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Art, Peace, War

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “The Devil's Dictionary (or The Cynic's Wordbook: Unabridged with all the Definitions)”, p.217, e-artnow

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• It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. I had left this woman in bitterness and hate, and I came back to her now with no other emotion than a sort of ruth for her great sufferings, and strong yearning to forget and forgive all injuries - to be reconciled and clasp hands in amity.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Forgiveness, Strong, Hate

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.190, Penguin

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