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Slogan of the Tupamaros
Words divide us, actions unite
Words divide us, actions unite us.
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Muhammad
The best of the houses
The best of the houses is the house where an orphan gets love and kindness.
51
A. Bronson Alcott
Thought means life, since those
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
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John Selden
Patience is the chiefest fruit
Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.
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William Proxmire
Power always has to be
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.
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Quran 2:263
There shall be no compulsion
There shall be no compulsion in religion.
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Oscar Wilde
We teach people how to
We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.
105
John Selden
He that will give himself
He that will give himself to all manner of ways to get money may be rich; so he that lets fly all he knows or thinks may by chance be satirically witty. Honesty sometimes keeps a man from growing rich, and civility from being witty.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Ten people who speak make
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
225
Muhammad
To overcome evil with good
To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil by evil is evil.
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Frederick William Robertson
The true aim of everyone
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.
35
John Selden
A wise man should never
A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.*
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Muhammad
When you see a person
When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, look to those, who have been given less.
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Walter Lippmann
Where all men think alike,
Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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John Selden
Wit and wisdom differ. Wit
Wit and wisdom differ. Wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is in bringing about ends.
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Michel de Montaigne
In the education of children
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection, otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.
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Muhammad
What actions are most excellent?
What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured.
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Edward Keating
You do not destroy an
You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one.
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John Selden
Humility is a virtue all
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practise, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.
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Martin Heidegger
Teaching is more difficult than
Teaching is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to let learn. The real teacher, in fact, lets nothing else be learned than learning. His conduct, therefore, often produces the impression that we properly learn nothing from him, if by "learning" we now suddenly understand merely the procurement of useful information.
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Adolf Hitler
The great masses of the
The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
84
Muhammad
A Muslim who meets with
A Muslim who meets with others and shares their burdens is better than one who lives a life of seclusion and contemplation.
26
Selman
I asked an experienced elder
I asked an experienced elder who had profited by his knowledge of the world, ?What course should I pursue to obtain prosperity?? He replied, ?Contentment?if you are able, practise contentment.?
25
Howard Crosby
A wisely chosen illustration is
A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.
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