"A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me."

-- Jacques Maritain

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“To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something.”
“I found that my wounds begin to heal when the voices of those endangered by silence are given power. The silence of hopelessness, of despair buried in the depths of poverty, violence, racism are more deadly than bullets. The gift of light, in our compassion, our listening, our works of love is the gift of life to ourselves.”
“I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.”
“Death needs time for what it kills to grow in.”
“I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.”
“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”
“The more goals you set, the more goals you get.”
“The most frightening pages of history are those which reveal how easily conditions making a desert of the human spirit may come into existence, with the oozings away of incentive and kindliness in our natural social structure.”

Source : Haniel Long (1950). “A letter to St. Augustine: after re-reading his confessions”

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