"The path to guidance is one of love and compassion, not of force and coercion."

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Source : "The Persian Bayán". Book by Siyyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi (Unity II, Chapter 16), 1848.

Siyyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi

#Compassion Quotes #Coercion Quotes #Path Quotes

“When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.”

Source : Bryce Courtenay (1989). “The Power of One”, Random House LLC
“there's a lot more satisfaction in thinking about money than in spending it, if people only knew.”

Source : Josephine Pinckney (1948). “Great Mischief”, New York : Viking Press
“I think the money for the solutions for global poverty is on Wall Street. Wall Street allocates capital. And we need to get capital to the ideas that are successful, whether it's microfinance, whether it's through financial literacy programs, Wall Street can be the engine that makes capital get to the people who need it.”
“If you give your Self a chance, your Self will give you all the chances.”
“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.”
“All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.”

Source : Frances Wright (1829). “Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789”, p.45
“It is not possible to remake this country, to democratize it, humanize it, make it serious, as long as we have teenagers killing people for play and offending life, destroying the dream, and making love unviable. If education alone cannot transform society, without it society cannot change either.”
“Instead of plastic surgery, I'd rather have a height enhancement surgery.”

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