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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.


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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.



Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.



When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.



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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.



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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.



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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.



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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.



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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity





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