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Bernard Lown15 quotes“Martin Buber suggested that evil prevailed because of the inability of man to imagine the real.”
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Do as much as possible for the patient, and as little as possible to the patient.
Bernard LownBernard Lown We physicians have focused on the nuclear threat as the singular issue of our era. We are not indifferent to other human rights and hard-won civil liberties.
Bernard LownBernard Lown The International Declaration of Human Rights says the right to housing, health, education should be guaranteed to everyone.
Bernard LownBernard Lown As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as “necessary” in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.
Bernard LownBernard Lown We must convince each generation that they are but transient passengers on this planet earth. It does not belong to them. They are not free to doom generations yet unborn. They are not at liberty to erase humanity’s past nor dim its future.
Bernard LownBernard Lown Yet human beings do have that capacity. Lord Byron, a poet favored by Alfred Nobel, captured the stark essence of a post-nuclear world in his poem Darkness.
Bernard LownBernard Lown I see nuclear weapons as the ultimate evil, not just evil, but the ultimate evil with the potential to make life unlivable on this planet.
Bernard LownBernard Lown But first we must be able to bequeath to our children the most fundamental of all rights, which preconditions all others; the right to survival.
Bernard LownBernard Lown Nuclear bombs have made mass murder a reality. Nuclear bombs threaten humankind.
Bernard LownBernard Lown Some of life’s biggest and most positive changes are propelled by mini conspiracies of a few well-meaning folks.
Bernard LownBernard Lown The security provided by a long-held belief system, even when poorly founded, is a strong impediment to progress.
Bernard LownBernard Lown Once a new paradigm takes hold, its acceptance is extraordinarily rapid and one finds few who claim to have adhered to a discarded method.
Bernard LownBernard Lown General acceptance of a practice becomes the proof of its validity, though it lacks all other merit.
Bernard LownBernard Lown The moment these things are provided, we will have a different world order and nuclear weapons will become less of a threat.
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
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