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> [The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws-are-really/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

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## More by Colman McCarthy

> [Peace is the result of love, and if love were easy we'd all be good at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/peace-is-the-result-of-love-and-if-love-were-easy-we-d-all-be-good-at/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [It's better to build a peaceful child than re-build a violent adult.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/it-s-better-to-build-a-peaceful-child-than-re-build-a-violent-adult/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Forty-one rules aren't so many - St. Benedict had 73 to keep the brethren on the straight and narrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/forty-one-rules-aren-t-so-many-st-benedict-had-73-to-keep-the/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The earth is too small a star and we too brief a visitor upon it for anything to matter more than the struggle for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-earth-is-too-small-a-star-and-we-too-brief-a-visitor-upon-it-for/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The students I've been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to love and a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-students-i-ve-been-with-these-twenty-years-are-looking-for-a/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [It's too easy only to blame the militarists, racists, sexists and other pushers of violence for the mess we're in. What is harder is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/it-s-too-easy-only-to-blame-the-militarists-racists-sexists-and-other/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The failure of love, that's what all laws are really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-failure-of-love-that-s-what-all-laws-are-really/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Wars aren't stopped by fighting wars, any more than you can fight fire with fire. You fight fire with water. You fight violence with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/wars-aren-t-stopped-by-fighting-wars-any-more-than-you-can-fight-fire/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Warmaking doesn't stop warmaking. If it did, our problems would have stopped millennia ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/warmaking-doesn-t-stop-warmaking-if-it-did-our-problems-would-have/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Unless we teach our children peace, somebody else will teach them violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/unless-we-teach-our-children-peace-somebody-else-will-teach-them/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Indeed, the highest pleasure of golf may be that on the fairways and far from all the pressures of commerce and rationality, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/indeed-the-highest-pleasure-of-golf-may-be-that-on-the-fairways-and/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Give peace a chance, yes, but why not get serious and give it a place in the curriculum: peace courses in every school, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/give-peace-a-chance-yes-but-why-not-get-serious-and-give-it-a-place/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Breaking America's oil addiction would not lead to a future of sackcloth and ashes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/breaking-america-s-oil-addiction-would-not-lead-to-a-future-of/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/everyone-s-a-pacifist-between-wars-it-s-like-being-a-vegetarian/)

[Colman McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colman-mccarthy/)

> [The most revolutionary thing anybody can do is to raise good, honest and generous children who will question the answers of people who say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colman-mccarthy/the-most-revolutionary-thing-anybody-can-do-is-to-raise-good-honest/)

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