"Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice."

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William Sloane Coffin

#Compassion Quotes #Justice Quotes #Charity Quotes

“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?”
“I'm taking one thing at a time. With the children and launching my solo career it would drive me to a nervous breakdown if I tried to organise a wedding on top of that.”
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”
“Start early â€“ the sooner you start, the more you will have in your account when you retire. I actually waited until 30 before contributingâ€¦that was a big mistake.”
“One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.”
“I hope I have important things to say,”
“Trying to imagine E. M. Forster, who found Ulysses indecorous, at a London performance of Lenny Bruceâ€”to which in fact he was once taken. Trying to imagine the same for a time-transported Nathaniel Hawthorneâ€”who during his first visit to Europe was even shocked by the profusion of naked statues.”

Source : David Markson (2007). “The Last Novel”, p.57, Counterpoint
“Like that lightning that comes out of the blue when there's not even a storm going on, just a crazy crack in the sky. With something like that right in front of you, you can't help but feel there's new possibilities out there.”

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