Oscar Romero
Archbishop, Activist
"We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own."
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Prophet
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William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Jesters do oft prove prophets."
Lord Byron
Poet, Novelist
"The best prophet of the future is the past."
Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"The real 19th century prophet was Dostoevsky, not Karl Marx."
Karl Marx
Philosopher, Economist
"Accumulate, accumulate! This is Moses and the Prophets!"
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"Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death."
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"The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly."
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"The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics."
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"Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot."
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"Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, of Jesus, and his apostles."
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"To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing."
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"We are prophets of a future not our own."
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"Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king."
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"The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals."
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"Beware, O earth, the prophet who claims to know the time but never wears a watch."
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"And in all of Babylonia there was wailing and gnashing of teeth, 'til the prophets bade the multitudes get a grip on themselves and shape up."
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"I’m not a prophet. I’m a destiny-changer. It’s all right to prophesy, but the best thing to do is change things, if you’ve got the power."
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"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?"
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"There is no God and we are his prophets."
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"In the end, every hypochondriac is his own prophet."
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"All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished."
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"Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet."
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"When He send, His messengers will go, His prophets will prophesy, though all the world should forbid them."
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"Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love."
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"Purple lilies Dante blew To a larger bubble with his prophet breath."
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