Quotes from the past... keepin' it real today. ✊🏾

In light of the recklessness of certain world leaders who think they are immortal and beyond accountability for their ongoing sins against humanity and the Gods they claim to believe in, I thought I'd spare five quotes that sum up my feelings on the madness currently in motion:

 

"An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground... to rule over the ashes." 

― Sun Tzu, from The Art of War (5th century BC)

 

"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal."

― John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize-winning American novelist 

 

"Vengeance blackens the soul, Bruce. I've always feared that you would become that which you fought against. You walk the edge of that abyss every night, but you haven't fallen in and I thank heaven for that."

― Alfred Pennyworth, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

 

"We cannot return to fight true evil if we continue to fight each other."

― Master Splinter, TMNT (2007) [paraphrased by me]

 

"You know it's funny when it rains, it pours. They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor."

― Tupac Shakur, "Keep Ya Head Up" (1993)

So glad I'm not a world leader right now. I don't know how they go to sleep every night with this kind of baggage; their consciences must be gutting them every hour.

And finally, this neat little clip from Season 1, Episode 1 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Peace and love to you all, and keep on making a difference. Our kindness is worth more than we might expect. 

Nana 

--"Jason Deroga"