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“The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a life of aimless diversion.”

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John W. Gardner

John W. Gardner was an American author, educator, and social activist. His works covered a range of topics including personal growth, leadership, and public affairs. Gardner is known for his profound insights and belief in the potential of human beings. more

“In Spain in the meantime, Aristotelian scholar Juan Gines de Sepulveda was putting the impolitic moralizing of Las Casas into proper perspective for posterity: "Compare then the blessings enjoyed by Spaniards of prudence, genius, magnanimity, temperance, humanity, and religion with those of the little men [the Indians] in whom you will scarcely find even vestiges of humanity. . . . How can we doubt that these people - so uncivilized, so barbaric, contaminated with so many impieties and obscenities - have been justly conquered?"”

“People repeat in adult life emotions they experience in childhood. Many of the people whom I spent the last 30 or 40 years treating at so much per minute wouldn't have needed any treatment at all if they had had the right care as children.”

People Ifs Years Children Care Lasts Emotion Childhood Minutes Needed Adults Experience Repeats Treatment

Author:Karl A. Menninger

“Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world; it does not disclose its desirability except to those who first feel the influence of falsehood. Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.”

People World Feels Firsts Doe Truth Beautiful Night Stars Behinds Teach Kindness Share Influence Truth Is Everyday Falsehood Beautiful Things Everyday Life Obscurity Desirability

Book:Khalil The Heretic

Source: Khalil The Heretic

“Humanity looks upon Jesus the Nazarene as a poor-born Who suffered misery and humiliation with all of the weak. And He is pitied, for Humanity believes He was crucified painfully. . . . And all that Humanity offers to Him is crying and wailing and lamentation. For centuries Humanity has been worshiping weakness in the person of the Savior. The Nazarene was not weak! He was strong and is strong! But the people refuse to heed the true meaning of strength.”

“I mean, I think everybody in the world, all the young people in the world, went to journalism school and wanted to investigate everything. And I think they overdid it. I think that you have to investigate things, you have to e skeptical, but you shouldn't be vengeful. You have to be fair and you have to be careful.”

People Thinking World Mean Wanted School Young Fairs Careful Journalism Be Careful Skeptical Vengeful

Author:Katharine Graham

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