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As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
- Marian Anderson
The weakness of pure individualism is that there are no pure individuals.
- Kenneth Boulding
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity.
- Albert Einstein
I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.
- Septima Poinsette Clark
I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.
- Benjamin Franklin
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
- Albert Einstein
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
- Mark Twain
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Nelson Mandela
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
- Thomas Carlyle
In separateness lies the world's great misery; in compassion lies the world's true strength.
- Siddhartha Gautama
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.
- Norman Cousins
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
- Coretta Scott King
You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.
- Rwandan Proverb
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.