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Jiddu Krishnamurti Philosopher, Speaker
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"A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man."

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John Hope Franklin Historian
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"We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness and truth and scholarship, we begin to appreciate the ingredients that are indispensable to making a better world. In a life of learning that is, perhaps, the greatest lesson of all."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained."

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William James Philosopher, Psychologist
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"Pragmatism asks its usual question. "Grant an idea or belief to be true," it says, "what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone's actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth's cash-value in experiential terms?"

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist
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"A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent."

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