Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
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If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
-Virginia Woolf
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
-Gautama Buddha
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individual, or in governments.
-Plato
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. That’s the mark of a true professional.
-Gautama Buddha
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
-Mark Twain
If you see good in people, you radiate a harmonious loving energy which uplifts those who are around you. If you can maintain this habit, this energy will turn into a steady flow of love.
-A Spiritual Leader
A person once asked me in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: “Tell me, when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?” We must always consider the person.
-Pope Francis
