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Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.


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It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.

It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.



Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.



There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.

There are people who eat the earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch them eat.



Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?



People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.



It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.



Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.

Nobody knows what you want except you, and no one will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.



I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak.



I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.



For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.

For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.





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If we surrenderedto earth's intelligencewe could rise up rooted, like trees.

If we surrenderedto earth's intelligencewe could rise up rooted, like trees.



My flock is black, my flock is white. One has got to say to our people, "I love you. I care for you, enormously." And when I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.

My flock is black, my flock is white. One has got to say to our people, "I love you. I care for you, enormously." And when I care about black liberation, it is because I care about white liberation.



One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future. If the danger involved in a prediction is not incurred, no consequence follows and the uncertainty principle is not violated.

One may say that predictions are dangerous particularly for the future. If the danger involved in a prediction is not incurred, no consequence follows and the uncertainty principle is not violated.



Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They, on a sudden, clasp us with a smile.

Not by appointment do we meet Delight And Joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner in the streets of life, They, on a sudden, clasp us with a smile.



Our Heavenly Father does bless us when we show our love for Him in all things.

Our Heavenly Father does bless us when we show our love for Him in all things.



When you have to fight for the things you love, you have to measure the value of those things in ways you may not in any other way.

When you have to fight for the things you love, you have to measure the value of those things in ways you may not in any other way.



I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.

I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.



Adrian looked away from me and down to where my hand covered his. I blushed and pulled away. “Sorry” I’d probably freaked him out

Adrian looked away from me and down to where my hand covered his. I blushed and pulled away. “Sorry” I’d probably freaked him out



Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present.

Thus does the unyielding, inescapable future ineluctably devour the present.




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