The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
NELSON MANDELAThe most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.
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The wounds that cannot be seen are more painful than those that can be treated by a doctor.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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Safety and security don’t just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.
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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.
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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
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Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere.
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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
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