True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.
- words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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... I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed : 'We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.'
- excerpt from the speech given at the March on Washington
August 28, 1963 : Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.
- words of Mohandas K. Gandhi
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The only happiness a brave man ever troubled himself with asking much about was, happiness enough to get his work done.
- Thomas Carlyle : Past and Present
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A light heart lives long.
- Shakespeare : Love's Labour's Lost
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Confidence does more to make conversation than wit.
- La Rochefoucauld : Maxims
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Honesty is the best policy.
- Cervantes : Don Quixote
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An author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
- Isaac D'Israeli : Literary Miscellanies
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.
- Ecclesiastes
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I have made it my earnest concern not to laugh at, nor to deplore nor to detest, but to understand, the actions of human beings.
- Spinoza : Tractatus Politicus
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Admire from the depths of the heart your own virtues and those of others. Take joy in the good things you have done in this [life] ... thinking, "I have done something good." Take joy in the virtues of others, ...
- Dalai Lama : How to Practice; The Way to a Meaningful Life
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If you don't dig swing ... then you don't dig FRIED CHICKEN.
- Norma Miller
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