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"As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we must all be aware of changes in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness" 

- Justice William O. Douglas


"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life, as by the obstacles overcome whilst trying to succeed" 

- Booker T Washington

"To Speak or NOT to Speak
If it is not truthful and not helpful don't say it
If it is Truthful and not helpful don't say it.
If it is Not truthful and helpful don't say it
If it is both Truthful and Helpful ...Wait for the right time" 

- Buddha



"Roots are the branches down in the earth. Branches are roots in the air."
"The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful."
- Stray Birds by Rabindranath Tagore


"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong " 

- Mahatma Gandhi"

Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward "

- Soren Kierkegaard


"Peace will come when we replace the love of power with the power of love." 

- Sri Chinmoy


"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph.....is for good men to do nothing." 

- Winston Churchill


"You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him learn it within himself." 

- Galileo

"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." 

- Albert Enstein 

"The pioneers of peace are the young people who refuse to take up arms." 

- Albert Enstein 

  

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde


"I am not afraid of storms, for I have learned how to sail my ship." Louisa May Alcott 

"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities,
But to know someone who thinks and feels with us,
And who, though distant, is close to us in spirit,
This makes the earth for us, an inhabited garden." 

- Goethe

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, 

but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." 

- Louisa May Alcott

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." - Mark Twain

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." 

- Mark Twain

"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death." Harold Wilson


"The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states." Mahatma Gandhi

"Press On!
Nothing can take the place of perseverance.
Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistance and determination alone are omnipotent.
This slogan "Press On" has solved, always will solve, the problems of the human race." 

- Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. President