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“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
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“Justice is not only about the right way to distribute things. It is also about the right way to value things.”
― Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do
― Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do
“There's a big difference between trying to do something and actually doing it. We often say we're trying to do something-losing weight, getting more exercise, finding a job. But the truth is, we're either doing it or not doing it.”
― What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
― What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
“The challenges in our lives are there to STRENGTHEN our CONVICTIONS. They are NOT there to run us over.”
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“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge… is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.”
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