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 | "A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have
done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not
benevolence-it is atonement." | |
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Found in the topic Race.
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| "I don"t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the
only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and
found how to serve." | |
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Found in the topic Happiness.
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| "Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end
by destroying the earth." | |
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Found in the topic Earth.
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| "Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones
out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few
more upon it." | |
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Found in the topic Good.
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| "It is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now ? always and,
indeed then most truly, when it seems unsuitable to actual
circumstances." | |
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Found in the topic Time.
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| "Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world any more. There is
always something to make you wonder, in the shape of a leaf, the trembling
of a tree." | |
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Found in the topic Beauty.
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| "Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only
thing." | |
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Found in the topic Others.
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| "Late upon the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset ...
there flashed upon my mind, unforseen and unsought, the phrase "Reverence
for Life"." | |
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Found in the topic Life.
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| "You don?t live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here
too." | |
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Found in the topic Brotherhood.
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| "The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives." | |
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Found in the topic Tragedy.
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| "I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do
a little to bring some portion of misery to an end." | |
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Found in the topic Miser.
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| "Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and
learn again to exercise his will ? his personal responsibility." | |
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Found in the topic Responsibility.
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| "One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only
strength which can overcome adversity." | |
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Found in the topic Adversity.
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| "One truth stands firm. All that happens in world history rests on
something spiritual. If the spiritual is strong, it creates world history.
If it is weak, it suffers world history." | |
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Found in the topic Spirit.
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| "Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man
will not himself find peace." | |
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Found in the topic Compassion.
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| "A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint." | |
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Found in the topic Angel.
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