It is to our lack of proper content ("notre manque de contenu propre:;», Fr. ), of our inner … - African Spir

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Blessed are the peacemakers, and one sure way of peacemaking is to let the fire of contention alone. Neither fan it, nor stir it, nor add fuel to it, but let it go out by itself. Begin your ministry with one blind eye and one deaf ear.

African Spir

It is to our lack of proper content ("notre manque de contenu propre:;», Fr. ), of our inner emptiness that we need occupations and distractions, otherwise ("faute de quoi", Fr. ) we experience boredom, which is nothing elses than the feeling of unease that take hold of us when our spirit is not absorbed by the mirages of life.

Boredom, Elses, Faute, Feelings, Mirages, Needs

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It must be all the same to the citizens ("ressortissants", Fr. ) of a country that their governing (those in power) speak such language or such other ("telle langue ou telle autre", Fr. ); likewise that it must be all the same to them that these adhere to such or such religion, so long as a full (or complete) liberty is equally garantee for everyone.

Country, Equally, Governing, Liberty, Long, Ressortissants

The intellectual development of man, far from having get men away from war, has, rather, on the contrary, bring them to a refinment always more perfected in the art of killing. They even came to raise the methods of slaughter to the rank of "science". . . We would not (On ne saurait", Fr. ) imagine a more extraordinary moral blindness!

Art, Imagine, Men, Raise, War

The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war.

Cain, Fratricidal, Humanity, Supreme, Urgent, War

Nothing that rest on some contradictory basis shall succeed or last in the long run ("ne saurait réussir ou durer, à la longue", Fr. ); all that involve (or imply. . . ) a contradiction is fatally destined, early or late, to disintegrate and disappear.

Contradictory, Destined, Fatally, Lasts, Long, Running

As long as men will not be freed from their errors and delusions, humanity will not be able to go towards ("marcher vers", Fr. ) the accomplishment of its true destinies.

Delusions, Destiny, Errors, Men, Vers