Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love …

Betty Williams
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Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason. ✨ Betty Williams' Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1977.
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Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more powerful searchlight than cold reason. ✨ Betty Williams' Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1977.

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