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Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
There is no hospitality like understanding.
For us, the storm has passed. The war is over. And let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark, and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure. Sacrifice, an unshakable conviction that their fight, our fight, was elsewhere. As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen. They enabled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten.
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Society's indolent, mediocre, or even criminal are not hated with daily public fury reserved for those who accomplish and achieve.
The more emotional you are, the more emotionally manipulated you shall become.
He who gains a victory over other men is strong, but he who gains victory over himself is all powerful.
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
Watering the flowers and the trees, whispering to them, talking to them.
Then, they will grow to be more bright and luxuriant.
The female form is pure.
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
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