"That until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned: That until there are no longer first-class and second class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained."
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"I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does."
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
"The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw in the statutory machinery. That philosophy ignores the American people's decision to give Congress '[a]ll legislative Powers' enumerated in the Constitution. They made Congress, not this Court, responsible for both making laws and mending them."
"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."
"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents."
"My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop an approach and philosophy about life - if he has developed this philosophy, he does not put paint on canvas, he puts himself on canvas."
"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
"I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
"The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment."
"Her philosophy is carpe diem for herself and laissez faire for others."
"I thought I was going to die a few times. On the Freedom Ride in the year 1961, when I was beaten at the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery, I thought I was going to die. On March 7th, 1965, when I was hit in the head with a night stick by a State Trooper at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I thought I was going to die. I thought I saw death, but nothing can make me question the philosophy of nonviolence."
"I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I do not think that the human spirit may know anything with greater evidence and certitude."
"...the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true."
"The Divine Truth is greater than any religion or creed or scripture or idea or philosophy."
"An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise."
"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."