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- The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.
- May Sarton, Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing, 1965
- Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
- Anne-Sophie Swetchine, The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1869
- The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965)
- Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner, unless you eat some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
- Malcolm X (1925 - 1965), Malcolm X Speaks, 1965
- While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects, bk. 11:11
- When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
- Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), Wisdom and Destiny, 1898
- We simply rob ourselves when we make presents to the dead.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Moral Sayings, First Century B.C.
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