Other people's inspiring words

Sunday, September 16, 2007

War cannot bring peace

"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows." Martin Luther King, Jr. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

About petty thieves and big 'uns

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.": Aesop - (c. 550 B.C.) legendary Greek fabulist Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 2, 2007

Faith is taking the first step even if....Martin Luther King Jr.

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don%uFFFDt see the whole staircase. - Martin Luther King Jr. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 9, 2007

Question everything -- Karl Marx

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

History about past quest for bread and butter!

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter. ~Hendrik Wilhelm van Loon, The Story of Mankind Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Asking why and why not!

Some people look at the world and ask WHY; Others look at the world and say "Why Not"? Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Mankind minus one

If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified insilencing mankind. - John Stuart Mill Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

If we wait for the moment when everything is ready....

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. - Ivan Turgenev Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 23, 2007

Under the veil of the pompous and the arrogant...

Under the veil of the pompous and arrogant, often lives the sad and pathetic. - Jack G. Montgomery, Librarian (1953 - ) Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

About power

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. David Brin US engineer and science fiction author (1950 - ) Sign in to see full entry.

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