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remember withal that no man properly can be said to live more than that which is now present, which is but a moment of time.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
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