Tolerance is our safest
Tolerance is our safest refuge and our fortress against the handicaps that arise from schism, factions, and the difficulties inherent in reaching mutual agreement Fethullah Gulen
Fortresses
If sometimes there seems
If sometimes there seems to be a sort of sameness of sound in The New Yorker, it probably can be traced to the magazine’s copydesk, which is a marvelous fortress of grammatical exactitude and stylish convention. E. B. White
…once again we face
…once again we face a paradox, for it appears that softening your heart and gently tending its wounds will protect you from evil. Building a fortress and defending yourself behind it will only make you more vulnerable. Healing your own heart is the single most powerful thing you can do to change the world. Your … Read more
I think the number
I think the number one public-relations blunder Osama has made is that he lives in a cave-fortress and if there’s one thing we’ve learned from it’s that you can’t trust a guy who lives in a cave-fortress — Lex Luther, Captain Nemo, Dr. Evil. I’m telling you the list goes on. David Letterman
Behold Vo Mimbre, Mandorallen
Behold Vo Mimbre, Mandorallen proclaimed with pride, queen of cities. Upon that rock the tide of Angarak crashed and recoiled and crashed again. Upon this field met they their ruin. The soul and pride of Arendia doth reside within that fortress and the power of the Dark One may not prevail against it. We’ve been … Read more
Why not invest in
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? David Byrne
We create an image
We create an image of happiness and success and then we are beholden to it. We tell ourselves stories and sometimes these stories become so strong as to imprison us. Breaking free from our personal fortresses is a long, hard journey, but ultimately what allows one to grow. Danielle Trussoni
It was a ludicrous,
It was a ludicrous, insane situation in which modern fighting men, possessed all of the highly destructive engines of war, were ordered to attack a medieval fortress using no weapons that would destroy or harm it. Dale Dye
I don’t think anyone
I don’t think anyone who has followed the progress of the Islamofascist terrorists who have threatened us believe we are going to be safe if we try a fortress mentality, to step back and say no one is going to hit us, they don’t care about the United States. They do. Christopher Bond
The spectacular landscape circling
The spectacular landscape circling the fortress supplies an essential backdrop, inspiring dreamers to wander its ruins for the sake of it; North American tourists, bound down by their practical world view, are able to place those members of the disintegrating tribes they may have seen in their travels among these once-living walls, unaware of the … Read more