"There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms."

Eliot, George | Adversity | 5 bookmarks

"People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles."

Dune, Frank Herbert | Adversity | 5 bookmarks

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

Devito, Danny | Adversity | 6 bookmarks

"An alliance with a powerful person is never safe."

Phaedrus | Agreement | 1 bookmarks

"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me."

Malone, Dudley Field | Agreement | 1 bookmarks

"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Evil | 7 bookmarks

"There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Disappointments | 9 bookmarks

"The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Age and Aging | 6 bookmarks

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Adversity | 12 bookmarks

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

King Jr. Martin Luther | Acceptance | 25 bookmarks