As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?
Tags: service, sacrifice, neighbor, love
Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.
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I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.
Tags: vegan, rights, morality, humane, good, evil, education, civil-disobedience
But today our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. The large house in which we live demands that we transform this world-wide neighborhood into a world – wide brotherhood. Together we must learn to live as brothers or together we will be forced to perish as fools. We must work passionately and indefatigably to bridge the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress. One of the great problems of mankind is that we suffer from a poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually.
Tags: technology, spiritual, science, rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr, moral-progress, challenge
We cannot long survive spiritually separated in a world that is geographically together.
Tags: spirituality, love, kindness, inspirational
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