"Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane."

-- Howard Zinn

#Taught Quotes #Action Quotes #Humane Quotes

“When I was in elementary school, the coach of our school (soccer) team personally unearthed my talents.”
“The whole universe appears as a dynamic web of inseparable energy patterns... Thus we are not separated parts of a whole. We are a Whole.”

Source : Barbara Ann Brennan (2011). “Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field”, p.64, Bantam
“Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning. Meaning has something it is pursuing, but the thing that it is pursuing cannot be put into words and handed down. The world values words and hands down books but, though the world values them, I do not think them worth valuing. What the world takes to be values is not real value.”
“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.”
“Pain, no matter how prolonged it seems to be, is just a short-lived thing that one day, in one way or another, we will overcome.”
“You can't be more alive than you are—but you can awaken to what living is.”
“Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.”
“Be strong! It matters not how deep entrenched the wrong, how hard the battle goes, the day how long, faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.”

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