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- Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
- He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), The Way of All Flesh
- Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.
- Diogenes
- To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers. No servant or disciple can dress the wound. You dress it yourself or continue bleeding for all to see.
- Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
- Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?
- Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892), Leaves of Grass
- I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
- Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.
- Lao-Tzu (604 BC - 531 BC)
- Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales.
- Byron J. Langenfeld
- Rise above principal and do what's right.
- Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999)
- What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.
- Robert Kennedy
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