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“What we would like to do is change the world...by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, of the poor, of the destitute. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach around the world.”
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“There aint any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.”
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“The moon was so young, so strange, even as a young girl who is dreaming and is afraid to tell her dreams; and it was shining only for itself.”
Source : Leonid Andreyev (2005). “The Crushed Flower and Other Stories”, p.29, 1st World Publishing
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“Come all ye that pass by, and see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow.”
Source : Maria W. Stewart, Marilyn Richardson (1987). “Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches”, p.116, Indiana University Press
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“To be outspoken when truth is under attack, when charity is being bruise, or when important issues of life are at stake is a good and courageous thing. To be outspoken when nothing is at stake except the feelings of someone else is a small and contemptible thing.”
Source : Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.140, Sophia Institute Press
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“Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision.”
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“Courage is holding on one minute longer than everyone else. Courage is stepping forward when every fiber of your being says step back. Courage is being willing to do the impossible because it is the right thing to do.”
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“Take, therefore, what modern technology is capable of: the power of our moral sense allied to the power of communications and our ability to organize internationally. That, in my view, gives us the first opportunity as a community to fundamentally change the world.”
