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'Great Peter' of York Minster, and, peer of them all, 'Great Paul', the Bourdon Bell of St. Paul's Cathedral, which weighs no less than sixteen and a half tons and measures thirty
“must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”
― My Stroke of Insight
― My Stroke of Insight
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
“I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda… I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“And just because you have colleges and universities doesn't mean you have education.”
― Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power
― Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power
“Dear me, whatever shall we do with mother?”
― The Lion in Winter
― The Lion in Winter
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