"But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty."

-- Nelson Mandela

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“I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!”
“Truth does not demand belief. Scientists do not join hands every Sunday, singing, 'Yes, gravity is real! I will have faith!'”
“In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.”
“It is your duty in life to save your dream.”
“We wear a lot of labels in our lives, and it's so very easy to be defined by them. We have grown somehow accustomed to thinking of ourselves as a size eight or a size fourteen, as a capricorn or a taurus, as single or in love.”
“Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven't the courage to stand up for the views which they themselves profess to hold.”

Source : Tommy Douglas' remarks during a budget debate at the Saskatchewan Legislature, February 17, 1954.
“Normally, I don't recommend me for wedding dresses â€“Â they all get a divorce.”
“I'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer in the eyes; I'm growing fainter in my laugh; I'm growing deeper in my sighs; I'm growing careless of my dress; I'm growing frugal of my gold; I'm growing wise; I'm growing yes, I'm growing old!”

Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1860). “The Money-king: And Other Poems”, p.34

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