"The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then."

Carlyle, Thomas on fear
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"Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die."

Carlyle, Thomas on goodness
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"The time is always right to do what is right."

King Jr. Martin Luther on virtue
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"Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it."

Lao-Tzu on power
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"Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness."

Confucius on kindness
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"We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves."

Confucius on happiness
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"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

King Jr. Martin Luther on freedom
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"The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development."

Confucius on growth
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"Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away."

Confucius on animals
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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

Confucius on respectability
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"To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle."

Confucius on perception
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"Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society."

Confucius on manners
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"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

Confucius on revenge
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"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."

Confucius on self-control
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"The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large."

Confucius on self-talk
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"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right."

Confucius on change
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"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."

Confucius on beauty
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"Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little."

King Jr. Martin Luther on service
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"I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law."

King Jr. Martin Luther on relationship   

"The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them."

Confucius on faults
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"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

King Jr. Martin Luther on brotherhood
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"One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."

King Jr. Martin Luther on protest   

"It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence. The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. We will not hate you, but we will not obey your evil laws. We will soon wear you down by pure capacity to suffer."

King Jr. Martin Luther on nonviolence   

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now."

King Jr. Martin Luther on cooperation
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"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."

Confucius on diligence
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"When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."

Confucius on character
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"What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others."

Confucius on superiority
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"Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things."

Confucius on faith
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"The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost."

Confucius on fate
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"The real fault is to have faults and not amend them."

Confucius on faults
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"In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body."

Angelis, Barbara De on spirituality
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"Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own."

Gaulle, Charles De on character
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"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

Conrad, Joseph on evil
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"The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one."

Hubbard, Elbert on mistakes
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"Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on slavery
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"You have endured worse things; God will grant an end even to these."

Virgil on adversity
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"Evil is nourished and grows by concealment."

Virgil on evil
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"Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind."

Virgil on fame   

"Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it."

Virgil on fate
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"Fortune favors the brave."

Virgil on fortune