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Forgiveness is the grace by which you enable the other person to get up and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Real nutrition comes from soybeans, almonds, rice, and other healthy vegetable sources, not from a cow's udder.
Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.
They all know I'm back, very much back, and that I will be the general president again come hell or high water.
The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.
Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.
Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.
Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .
A wife should no more take her husband's name than he should hers. My name is my identity and must not be lost.
I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family.
Eugenics is ... the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems.
The undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind.
People want to pick the leader, and we are obsessed with celebrity and whoever is on the cover of this or that.
I hope that people of all faiths will start looking for our too-invisible children who are crying out for help.
Except for teachers, who are 'controlled' as far as his militancy is concerned, good jobs are rare for Negroes.
I'm starting to like muggers more than congressmen. At least the muggers don't claim they're doing you a favor.
Gates's net wealth is greater than the combined net worth of the poorest 40% of Americans (112,000,000 people).
The central challenge for any company, regardless of its size, is to keep doing a better job for its customers.
I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.
Men’s greatest weakness is their facade of strength, and women’s greatest strength is their facade of weakness.
Many black men leave because they are financially responsible - not because they are emotionally irresponsible.
I have chosen to continue to promote 'we're one, the oneness of us,' and shine the spotlight, as my father did.
We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.
President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women.
These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries.
Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.
To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.
Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.
What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?
How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
Mother Teresa, you could say many things about her, but certainly you would not say she was macho. Anything but.
A magazine to have style, must need and understand and invest in what jingles - not jiggles - in designer jeans.
We understood that politics is nothing but war without bloodshed and war is nothing but politics with bloodshed.
I always say to people, "If you share my dream, why don't we walk together?" And that's my only organizing tool.
Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
Hell, I'm not saying I'm an angel, but when it came to dirty tricks I couldn't hold a candle to the Irish Mafia.
During the past few years North East India has emerged as one of the biggest destinations for child trafficking.
Look, I don't have the millions of dollars that Exxon has. But I've got comedy. I've got satire. I've got stars.
One great hope lies in the fact that there is a new consciousness in our World, particularly among young people.
A nation that does not stand for its children does not stand for anything and will not stand tall in the future.
Still the mind. Inhale peace. Let go of worries. Exhale stress. Notice the breath. Connect to all. Embrace calm.
We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.
A stable movement requries a healthy, reciprocal I.O.U. flow among its participants. Don't keep a careful tally.
We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change.
Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.
I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody.
If you have a negative thought about a world situation, dwell upon the best that could happen in that situation.
I think we should make a closer link between domestic policy and an interventionist militaristic foreign policy.