21 Quotes by Jonathan Chen

World peace cannot be enforced by those who do not have inner peace. World peace is an inevitable result of individual inner peace.

No one has the road of life mapped out. We pave away what's beneath our feet. If it leads to happiness, maybe someone will walk on.

One whose auditory sense has been accustomed to being comfortable with one kind tune misses out the spectacularity of the symphony.

I wish guns were violins, oboes, clarinets, and trumpets. I wish gunshot were beautiful music that gravitates people instead of frightens them in hiding. I wish combat were meant to fight disasters, diseases, poverty, and hunger. I wish troops were true peacemakers who hold children in their arms and hug elders with smiles everywhere they go, all wearing the peace sign as their emblem. Let me turn my wishes into prayers.

Ignorance is not due to lack of education. Ignorance is a state of mind that refuses the temptation of looking into the facts, that craves for the twisted, inflammatory interpretation of the facts that nourishes the prejudice in it to stay the course and expand, at the cost of totally dumping the intelligence the Creator put in it.

What we have been seeing these days is not quite as encouraging as what we used to believe that in the modern world it is nearly impossible to interact socially and culturally only with those who think alike. Longing for the comforting of sameness may appears providing some safety and security. It confines ourselves into divisions that blocks our minds. In the end, collectively we become unsafe and insecure.

Hatred may appear powerful in uniting those who share the same sensation. But it would be short lived. Unity is long lasting when it is based on love and respect.

It is impossible to absorb the vastness of the sky. But taking an in awe attitude towards it helps opening our minds.

Listen to others with an open mind. Normally, that leads to a pleasant conversation.