Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-12-29 Dec 29, 2003Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.~ Albert CamusMen regard it as their right to return evil for evil -- and if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.~ AristotlePeace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.~ Baruch SpinozaForgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.~ Harriet NelsonThe truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.~ Herbert Sebastien AgarThere is such a thing as a nation being so right it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.~ Woodrow Wilson Dec 26, 2003Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.~ François Duc de La RochefoucauldTo many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.~ Orison Swett MardenWe cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity.~ Theodore Roosevelt Dec 25, 2003And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.~ Jesus of NazarethTruth: the most deadly weapon ever discovered by humanity. Capable of destroying entire perceptual sets, cultures, and realities. Outlawed by all governments everywhere. Possession is normally punishable by death.~ John GilmoreBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.~ PlatoTherefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.~ St. Peter Dec 24, 2003No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.~ Harold J. LaskiThat the religious right completely took over the word Christian is a given. At one time, phrases such as Christian charity and Christian tolerance were used to denote kindness and compassion. To perform a "Christian" act meant an act of giving, of acceptance, of toleration. Now, Christian is invariably linked to right-wing conservative political thought -- Christian nation, Christian morality, Christian values, Christian family.~ Peter McWilliamsThe worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essense of inhumanity.~ George Bernard Shaw Dec 23, 2003As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.~ Pierre-Augustin BeaumarchaisDarkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.~ The KoranThis is the sum of all true righteousness: deal with others as thou wouldst thyself be dealt by. Do nothing to thy neighbor which thou wouldst not have him do to thee hereafter.~ The Mahabharata Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print