– Mark Twain, of course.

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
– Albert Einstein

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting…but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too. Where’s evil? It’s that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. It’s that part of every man that finds all kinds of ugliness so attractive….it’s that part of an imbecile that punishes and vilifies and makes war gladly. – Kurt Vonnegut

I hope the best for the Ukrainian people, and the Russians as well. Putin and those who are behind this mess — meh, not so much. And I imagine and hope one day, karma will boomerang back on them for all the misery and suffering they are creating.

Lots of good quotes about war scattered about . But maybe most relevant, if hyperbolic at this early stage of the game (to remind myself that the glass can be half-full just as easily as half-empty):

I try to keep deep love out of my stories because, once that particular subject comes up, it is almost impossible to talk about anything else. Readers don’t want to hear about anything else. They go gaga about love. If a lover in a story wins his true love, that’s the end of the tale, even if World War III is about to begin, and the sky is black with flying saucers. – Kurt Vonnegut