It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on Twitter
MadPriest on learning from your sins
It is far, far easier and less painful to learn from the sins of your past than it is to learn from the sins of your present.
Gather in by scattering
Do not lose by saving, but gather in by scattering. Give to the poor, and you give to yourself. You will not be allowed to keep what you have refused to give others.
King's most urgent question
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on Twitter
Tech support call
Customer: I have problems printing in red…
Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
Customer: Aaaah……………… thank you.
Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
Customer: Aaaah……………… thank you.
Source: funnymos.com
Sign in a hotel in Japan
Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read notice.
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
Truman on Moses' poll
How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?
- Harry S. Truman
as quoted on Child of Illusion
as quoted on Child of Illusion
To hesitate to tell the truth
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life flow no longer in our souls.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890,
as quoted on God's Politics
speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1890,
as quoted on God's Politics
John Paul II on the responsibility for war
The responsibility for war rests not only with those who directly cause war, but also with those who do not do everything in their power to prevent it.
- Pope John Paul II
in Catholic Relief Services: the Beginning Years by Eileen Egan
(NY: Catholic Relief Services, 1988), pp. 155-156
as quoted on God's Politics
in Catholic Relief Services: the Beginning Years by Eileen Egan
(NY: Catholic Relief Services, 1988), pp. 155-156
as quoted on God's Politics
Lincoln on peace
Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
King on what we will remember
We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
as quoted on Twitter
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