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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Each and every one of you should consider himself to be a trustee for the welfare of the rest of his fellow labourers and not be self-seeking."

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Malala Yousafzai Activist, Author
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"Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human."

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"In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it."

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Franz Kafka Writer
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"Should I be grateful or should I curse the fact that despite all misfortune I can still feel love, an unearthly love but still for earthly objects."

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Martin Buber Philosopher
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"You should carefully observe the way toward which your heart draws you, then choose this way with all your strength."

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Plutarch Philosopher, Historian
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"He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words, "And, in my opinion Carthage should be destroyed." ["Delenda est Carthago."]"

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Plotinus Philosopher
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"It is bad enough to be condemned to drag around this image in which nature has imprisoned me. Why should I consent to the perpetuation of the image of this image?"

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Eleanor Roosevelt Political Activist, Diplomat
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"Your ambition should be to get as much life out of living as you possibly can, as much enjoyment, as much interest, as much experience, as much understanding. Not simply be what is generally called a 'success.'"

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Aesop Fabulist
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"We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him."

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Brigham Young Religious Leader
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"Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family."

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