“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 12 of 1106
“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”
“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.”
“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.”
“Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.”
“You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.”
“Conquer yourself rather than the world.”
“There is no dichotomy between man and God's image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being, abuses God's image.”
“Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”
“We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.”
“This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.”
“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”
“Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ's sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world.”
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
“Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.”
“Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.”
“Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole”
“I'm never gonna die, never heard of death, energy can never be destroyed only the flesh.”
“Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.”
“When you are doing any work, do not think of anything beyond. Do it as worship, as the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.”