"The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Morality, Choice, Violence, Existence

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"The choice is not between violence and nonviolence but between nonviolence and nonexistence."

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"What does greed mean? Greed means taking away what belongs to others."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"Let your thoughts be pure."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Morality, Thoughts, Purity, Mind, Inner

"One is God himself, [but] for how long does that authority of God last? As long as he speaks the truth, practices non-violence, does not steal, practices celibacy and remains non-acquisitive " till then power of God will remain."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Morality, God, Authority, Truth, Power

"Every animal is biologically designed by Nature to do wrong in return. It takes a human being to not do wrong in return."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Conceit is to be dreaded, but so is cowardice."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"All humans are rogues. Cured only by death."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

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"So what if you're right? So what if you're wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn't care so much about whether you were right or wrong but whether, despite it all, you were kind or cruel."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Morality, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"Fear is the devil's most powerful tool because he can't always convince a good man to do wrong, but he can paralyze his will with fright, keeping a good man from doing what is right. It eventually results in the same end."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend?"

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Morality, Sharing, Justice, Truth, Compassion

"Once the ego is born into this world, it has to shoulder morality."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"When religion becomes so involved in a future good "over yonder" that it forgets the present evils over here it is as dry as dust religion and needs to be condemned."

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"Through violence you may murder the hater, but you cannot murder hate."

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"The Cross is the eternal expression of the length to which God will go to in order to restore broken community."

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"We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."

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"If a man hasn't found something he will die for, he isn't fit to live."

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"God is able to give you the power to endure that which cannot be changed... Why be anxious? Come what may, God is able."

Purpose

"One of these days I'm going to put my body where my mind is."

Commitment

"We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear."

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"And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream."

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"We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

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