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Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, considered these traits to be the most
spiritually perilous to humanity.
Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice
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spiritually perilous to humanity.
Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice
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Te occidere possunt sed te edere non pussunt netas est
(Roughly, They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier.)
(Roughly, They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit dicier.)
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(from the best philosopher in America today:Homer Simpson)
Oh, everything's too expensive these days. This Bible cost 15 bucks! And talk about a preachy book! Everybody's a sinner!..... Except this guy.
-Homer Simpson
Oh, everything's too expensive these days. This Bible cost 15 bucks! And talk about a preachy book! Everybody's a sinner!..... Except this guy.
-Homer Simpson
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"Dreams are fullfillments of wishes"
Sigmund Freud.........
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"Candy is dandy....but liquor is quicker"
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Sigmund Freud.........
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"Candy is dandy....but liquor is quicker"
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
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water and oil
Both water and oil come from the earth. And though they are similar in many ways, they are opposites in their nature and their purpose. One extinguishes fire, the other gives fuel to the fire. Similarly, the world and its treasures are creations of God along with the soul and its thirst for spiritual truth. But if we try to quench the thirst of our soul with the wealth and pride and honors of this world, then it is like trying to extinguish fire with oil.
-Sadhu Sundar Singh
Both water and oil come from the earth. And though they are similar in many ways, they are opposites in their nature and their purpose. One extinguishes fire, the other gives fuel to the fire. Similarly, the world and its treasures are creations of God along with the soul and its thirst for spiritual truth. But if we try to quench the thirst of our soul with the wealth and pride and honors of this world, then it is like trying to extinguish fire with oil.
-Sadhu Sundar Singh
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did you hear about the dislexic, agnostic, insomniac, who lay awake all night wondering if there is a Dog...
-Breac
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Under the Skin
A church that doesn't provoke any crises, a gospel
that doesn't unsettle, a word of God that doesn't
get under anyone's skin, a word of God that doesn't
touch the real sin of the society in which it is being
proclaimed - what gospel is that? Very nice, pious
considerations that don't bother anyone, that's the
way many would like preaching to be. Those
preachers who avoid every thorny matter so as not
to be harassed, so as not to have conflicts and
difficulties, do not light up the world they live in.
-Oscar Romero
A church that doesn't provoke any crises, a gospel
that doesn't unsettle, a word of God that doesn't
get under anyone's skin, a word of God that doesn't
touch the real sin of the society in which it is being
proclaimed - what gospel is that? Very nice, pious
considerations that don't bother anyone, that's the
way many would like preaching to be. Those
preachers who avoid every thorny matter so as not
to be harassed, so as not to have conflicts and
difficulties, do not light up the world they live in.
-Oscar Romero
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Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen...with our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our sheer relentlessnessand our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe...Remember this: We are many and they are few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
-Arundhati Roy
-Arundhati Roy
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The End of the World
It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a
theatre. The clown came out to inform the public.
They thought it was just a jest and applauded.
He repeated his warning, but they shouted even
louder. So I think the world will come to an end
amid general applause from all the wits, who
believe that it is a joke.
-Søren Kierkegaard
It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a
theatre. The clown came out to inform the public.
They thought it was just a jest and applauded.
He repeated his warning, but they shouted even
louder. So I think the world will come to an end
amid general applause from all the wits, who
believe that it is a joke.
-Søren Kierkegaard
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An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
-Konrad Adenauer
-Konrad Adenauer
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Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a familymember to sacrifice their life in a meaningless war. Choose to sit on your butt, watching as the US president kills thousands and thousands of families that did not get to choose. Choose apathy. Choose a lie to believe in. choose a nation, any nation. Invade it. Choose a lameness excuse for not protesting, so you can sleep at night. Choose your self. Choose not to give others the freedom that you so proudly proclaim. Choose living a lie. Choose to ignore that you country is aiding the destruction of the entire planet. Choose not acting on initiative. Choose being just another brainwashed goon. Choose a better life for all. Choose to take action now.
CHOOSE YOUR FUTURE.
CHOOSE PEACE
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When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
-Ayn Rand
-Ayn Rand
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Here's freedom to him who would speak,
Here's freedom to him who would write,
For there's none ever feared that the truth should be heard,
Except he who the truth would indict.
-Robert Burns
Here's freedom to him who would write,
For there's none ever feared that the truth should be heard,
Except he who the truth would indict.
-Robert Burns
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*Jesus loves me* It's true that no man is an island, but if you tie 30 or 40 dead guys together, it makes a heck'uva raft.
-the Boondock Saints
-the Boondock Saints
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