Quotes
from Heroes and
Visionaries
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Jesus Luke 6:27-36 [27] "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, [28] bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. [29] If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic. [30] Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. [31] Do to others as you would have them do to you. [32] "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them. [33] And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. [34] And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' lend to 'sinners,' expecting to be repaid in full. [35] But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. [36] Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
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Buddha Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. Hatred does not cease
in this world by hating, but by not hating;
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Martin Luther King Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' In the end, we will
remember not the words of our enemies, Our scientific power
has outrun our spiritual power. One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend
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Mahatma Ghandi Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all embracing; and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities
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Thomas Jefferson Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government... Thomas Jefferson (The Declaration of Independence) That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. Never spend your money before you have it. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny. I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
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Abraham Lincoln Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts. It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
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Albert Einstein Imagination is more important than knowledge... The important thing is not to stop questioning. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice. 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.
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Walter Russell All else passes; art alone endures. Art is the expression of divinity in man. The glory of genius is humility. Genius knows not the taint of arrogance. I believe that the highest standard of civilization is reached at the maximum point of its ability to express beauty. And God said: "I have
but one law for all my opposed pairs of creating things: and that law
needs but one word to spell it out, so hear me when I say that the one
word of My one law is And if man
needs two words to aid him in his knowing of the workings of that law,
let those two words be If man still
needs more words to aid his knowing of My one law, give to him another
one, and let those three words be
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Walt Disney If you can dream it, you can do it. It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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Leonardo Da Vinci When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. Intellectual passion dries out sensuality. Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
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King and Janitor Mykee Rubel Don't bore them with the truth. Get the job done. Have a good time. Safety third. Grandfather said: "Everyone's a little bit crazy" Don't let anyone put down your dreams. Without our dreams, we perish. Persistence! It doesn't
take a lot of brains to haul a rock around *Mike Rubel is the
creator of an extraordinary "dream come true":
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Princess Jessica Miller "Appreciate! Appreciate!" "Whine! Complain! Whine! Complain! :-) " "Mink!" http://www.reikimastery.com/princess_jessica.htm
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John F. Kennedy Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. We need men who can dream of things that never were. Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. I believe this nation should commit itself, to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Viktor Schauberger As time passed I began to play a game with water's secret powers; I surrendered my so-called free consciousness and allowed the water to take possession of it for a while. Little by little this game turned into a profoundly earnest endeavor... When my own consciousness was eventually returned to me; then the water's most deeply concealed psyche often revealed the most extraordinary things... They called me deranged.
The hope is that they are right. It is of no greater import if another
fool wander this Earth.
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Benjamin Franklin Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade? Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.
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Mother Teresa I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving. If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
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Black Elk There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. |
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Pogo We have met the enemy, and he is us.
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Other diamonds Treat the
earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, The Great
Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. Our biggest
problems are our biggest opportunities Listen
to your enemy, for God is talking No
drug on Earth Life is too short to hurry
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