Ernest Gordon
Born
in The United States
May 31, 1916
Died
January 16, 2002
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“It was a voice other than Reason that replied, ‘You could live. You could be. You could do. There’s a purpose you have to fulfil. You’d become more conscious of it every day you keep on living. There’s a task for you; a responsibility that is yours and only yours.’ ‘Good enough,’ I said. ‘I’ll get on with it.”
― To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive
― To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive
“Oh yes, I am of the opinion, too, that war is a very bad thing. I do not want war. My tribe does not want war. But,’ he added, unconsciously echoing the shibboleth common to all mankind, ‘how can we live at peace with our neighbours when they want war and are always making war?”
― To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive
― To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive
“I thought to myself as I heard this, ‘Aren’t there two kinds of food – one for the body and one for the soul? And of the two, surely the latter is the more satisfying?”
― To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive
― To End All Wars: A True Story about the Will to Survive and the Courage to Forgive
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