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William Wilberforce Quotes: If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.
         

If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.


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You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.



There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.



It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.



Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.



We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.



May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.

May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.



Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.



Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.



The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.



No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!

No matter how loud you shout, you will not drown out the voice of the people!





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Har' icyumba satani atemerewe kujyamo n'umutima wawe kereste wowe umwemereye

Har' icyumba satani atemerewe kujyamo n'umutima wawe kereste wowe umwemereye



I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.

I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.



Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.

Ods me I marle what pleasure or felicity they have in taking their roguish tobacco. It is good for nothing but to choke a man, and fill him full of smoke and embers.



I was the person who did academics until the middle of the day, then went on auditions. I think there was a moment later in my life where I was like, "What am I doing? Why am I so serious?" .

I was the person who did academics until the middle of the day, then went on auditions. I think there was a moment later in my life where I was like, "What am I doing? Why am I so serious?" .



The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning.

The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning.



Good general-purpose manners nowadays may be said to consist in knowing how much you can get away with.

Good general-purpose manners nowadays may be said to consist in knowing how much you can get away with.



Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.

Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.



Attitudes are every bit as important as aptitudes.

Attitudes are every bit as important as aptitudes.



Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and then use its energies to guide us.

Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and then use its energies to guide us.



"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.

"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.




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