"God does not require us to achieve any of the good tasks that humanity must pursue. What God requires of us is that we not stop trying."

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Source : Bayard Rustin (2003). “Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin”, p.409, Simon and Schuster

Bayard Rustin

#Peace Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Energy is the prime mover of all we see and know. You change the energy and your body has to respond.”
“Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this world to another. Now if death be of such a nature, I say that to die is to gain; for eternity is then only a single night.”
“Participatory complexity may well be the key descriptor of the 21st century - in our economies, in our politics, and in our everyday lives.”
“My own daughter is a big fan of the 'Twilight' stories, the books.”
“Nobody ever sees this part,â€ I said. â€œIt doesnâ€™t matter if itâ€™s pretty.â€ â€œSo itâ€™s like track six on an album,â€ Cole said.”
“No one's body is polluted so as to endanger the soul if it has not pleased the mind. If you were to lift my hand to your idol and so make me offer against my will, I would still be guiltless in the sight of the true God, who judges according to the will and knows all things. If now, against my will, you cause me to be polluted, a twofold purity will be gloriously imputed to me. You cannot bend my will to your purpose; whatever you do to my body, that cannot happen to me.”
“Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 years.”
“Stop doing what is easy. Start doing what is right.”

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