3 Nov 2014

In this year in which we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, a quotation about the ‘common good’:

“The totalitarianism that leads to chains begins with the assumption that there is only one way of understanding the common good. Fascism is about wanting to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. It is a consequence of this assumption that if I think differently from you, then it must be because of error or wickedness. On the other hand, a pluralism that recognises many different ways – creative disharmony – is the best guarantor of healthy freedom.”

The Revd Dr Giles Fraser (The Church Times, 12/11/2010)

8 - 15 Nov 2009

In the week which begins with Remembrance Sunday and includes Armistice Day (11th November), a thought about ‘peace’:

“Establishing lasting peace is the work of education;
all politics can do is keep us out of war.”

Maria Montessori (1870-1952; Italian physician, educator and philosopher).