"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are."

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"The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers."

Dennis Prager, American Journalist

Heart, Competition, Corporations, Police

"So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes."

Mika Waltari, Finnish Author

Heart, Eyes, Man, Will

"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."

Paul Simon, American Musician

Heart, Eye, Fashion, Open

"And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes."

James Joyce, Irish Novelist

Heart, Eyes, Will

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Heart, Charm, Tenderness

"When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it."

Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian Philosopher

Heart, Attention, Being, Mind

"They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings."

John Ford, English Dramatist

Heart,

"Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound."

Voltaire, French Writer

Heart, Country

"Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory."

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Russian Author

Heart, Force, Freedom, Literature

"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

Heart, Purity

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"What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?"

Politics

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

Justice

"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights."

Compassion

"Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

World

"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."

Land

"Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems."

Labor

"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."

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"The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers."

"So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes."

"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."

"And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."

"When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it."

"They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings."

"Our country is that spot to which our heart is bound."

"Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory."

"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable."

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"What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?"

"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

"I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights."

"I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum."

"Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity."

"You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them."

"Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world."

"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."

"Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems."

"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."