“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie,
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.”
― The Complete Poetry
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.”
― The Complete Poetry
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
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“A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.”
― Antigone
― Antigone
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