Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies … - Mahatma Gandhi

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In spreading his ideas, Plato was willing to employ emotional appeals, state propaganda, and the use of force.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.

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Those who know how to think need no teachers.

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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.

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My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.

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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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Bill Dickey

I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding.

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St. Jerome

No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.

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They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening

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