Mark Rylance Quotes

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

A lot of guys don't want to admit that they have a propensity for generosity and for violence.

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

We are much in the position of those who love peace so much that they are ready to fight for it.

Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually, genuinely desiring peace.

Anybody doing philanthropy has to find something that appeals to them from their own personal background or from intellectual curiosity.

If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down.

... still his philanthropy was of that gunpowderous sort that the difference between it and animosity was hard to determine.

Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. Does that seem paradoxical? Well, war is not afraid of paradoxes.

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown.

Sports is like a war without the killing.

Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition.

Charity work is very important to me and gives me an opportunity to give back to my community. I've always been a big supporter of many different charities, have donated millions of dollars to them, and it just feels great to do and be able to help others, especially children.

Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation.

It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.

Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.

My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial care and help.

I am very grateful for the opportunities I've had and feel I have a duty to repay my good fortune through philanthropic endeavors that expand the reach of human possibility and compassion.

I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor people a voice.'

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

The Arab world is not in a compromising mood. It's likely that your plan is rational and logical, but the fate of nations is not decided by rational logic. Nations never concede; they fight. You won't get anything by peaceful means or compromise. You can, perhaps, get something, but only by the force of your arms. We shall try to defeat you. I am not sure we'll succeed, but we'll try. We were able to drive out the Crusaders, but on the other hand we lost Spain and Persia. It may be that we shall lose Palestine. But it's too late to talk of peaceful solutions.

No doubt it requires two to fight. But both of them need not necessarily be fighters. It is, all the same, a fight, even if one goes on beating and the other gets beaten. There is no guarantee that others would behave properly with us even if we remain peaceful and cordial with them.

Strike an enemy once and for all. Let him cease to exist as a tribe or he will live to fly in your throat again.

I have never understood this liking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any domestic establishment.