"The language of sin was universal, the original Esperanto."

-- Joe Hill

#Esperanto Quotes #Language Quotes #Sin Quotes

“Yes, you should talk," he said. "Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth.”
“Not only do you become what you think about, but the world also becomes what you think about. Those who think that the world is a dark place are blind to the light that might illuminate their lives. Those who see the light of the world view the dark spots as merely potential light.”
“I'd be a butterfly; living a rover, Dying when fair things are fading away.”

Source : Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems”, p.55
“In those who rest on their unshakable faith, pharisaism and fanaticism are the unmistakable symptoms of doubt which has been repressed. Doubt is not overcome by repression but by courage. Courage does not deny that there is doubt, but it takes the doubt into itself as an expression of its own finitude and affirms the content of an ultimate concern. Courage does not need the safety of an unquestionable conviction. It includes the risk without which no creative life is possible.”

Source : Paul Tillich (1958). “Dynamics of faith”
“Racism is cruel and unjust. It cuts deep and lingers long in individual and community memories. And it is not a thing of the past....We all have a duty to do what we can to turn this around.”
“I think comparisons are odious.”
“Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased.”
“It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.”

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