"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silent encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

Morality, Justice, Truth, Responsibility, Observation

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"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silent encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

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"And there, right in the middle of it, I find 'Forgive us our sins as we forgive those that sin against us.' There is no slightest suggestion that we are offered forgiveness on any other terms. It is made perfectly clear that if we do not forgive we shall not be forgiven."

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"The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began."

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"All this under a magnificent blue sky."

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"A person can almost be defined by his or her attitude toward gratitude."

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"We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth."

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"I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake."

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"Our backyard looked like a marketplace. Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds- pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. All this under a magnificent blue sky."

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"After all, God is God because he remembers."

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"Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write."

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