I hate war… for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICKWhen you hear a person say, “I hate,” adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing with a belated mind. That person may dress like a modern, ride in an automobile, listen to the radio, but his or her mind is properly dated about 1000 B.C.
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The first question to be answered by any individual or by any social group, The real handle facing a hazardous sit – to a difficult uation, is whether the stuaton crisis is to be met as a challenge to strength or as an occasion for despair.
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The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance.
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Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it’s as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom.
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Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.
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When you hear a person say, “I hate,” adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing with a belated mind. That person may dress like a modern, ride in an automobile, listen to the radio, but his or her mind is properly dated about 1000 B.C.
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One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world — making the most of one’s best.
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A supremely religious man or woman is one who believes deeply and consistently in the veracity of his highest experiences. He has his hours in the cellar … but he believes in the truth of the hours he spends upstairs.
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We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.
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Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.
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Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation.
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