I would be the last to condemn the thousands of sincere and dedicated people outside the churches who have labored unselfishly through various humanitarian movements to cure the world of social evils, for I would rather a man be a committed humanist than an uncommitted Christian. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
Historians are themselves products of history. ~Paul K. Conkin and Roland N. Stromberg, Heritage and Challenge
Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. ~Ambrose Bierce
When the Negro was completely an underdog, he needed white spokesmen. Liberals played their parts in this period exceedingly well.... But now that the Negro has rejected his role as an underdog, he has become more assertive in his search for identity and group solidarity; he wants to speak for himself. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness. ~Henry David Thoreau
True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach
Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can. ~Arthur Ashe
Grandchildren: the only people who can get more out of you than the IRS. ~Gene Perret
Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. ~Victor Borge
God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. ~Chester W. Nimitz
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along. ~Carl Sagan, The Fine Art of Baloney Detection
Finland has produced so many brilliant distance runners because back home it costs $2.50 a gallon for gas. ~Esa Tikkannen, 1979
Baseball is too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to be a sport. ~Phillip Wrigley
The more laws the more offenders. ~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732
I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence. ~Mahatma Gandhi
The dichotomy between personal liberties and property rights is a false one. Property does not have rights. People have rights. ~Potter Stewart
History offers some consolation by reminding us that sin has flourished in every age. ~Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of History
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. ~George Bernard Shaw
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life. ~Jean Paul Richter
The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. ~Mark Van Doren
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. ~George Eliot
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