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“I am myself and what is around me, and if I do not save it, it shall not save me.”

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Jose Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher born on May 9, 1883, and died on October 18, 1955. He is known for his work in the philosophy of knowledge and culture, and for his analysis of the nature of man and society. more

“We had no churches, no religious organizations, no sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe would assemble to sing and pray; sometimes a smaller number, perhaps only two or three. The songs had a few words, but were not formal. The singer would occasionally put in such words as he wished instead of the usual tone sound. Sometimes we prayed in silence; sometimes each one prayed aloud; sometimes an aged person prayed for all of us. At other times one would rise and speak to us of our duties to each other and to Usen. Our services were short.”

“To attempt social reform, educational reform, industrial expansion, the moral improvement of the race without aiming, first and foremost, at political freedom is the very height of ignorance and futility.”

Firsts Political Culture Social Justice Race Moral Ignorance Diversity Social Justice Educational Improvement Reform Height Expansion Futility Social Reform Political Freedom Educational Reform

Book:Annual

Source: Annual

“Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.”

Culture Justice Virtue Diversity Social Justice Reform Without You

Author:James Gibbons

“The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation.”

Important Would Be Culture Justice Emotion Emotional Diversity Capable Social Justice Important Things Sorry Limitation

Author:Andre Gide

“I ran against a Prejudice that quite cut off the view.”

Culture Justice Views Cutting Diversity Prejudice Social Justice Ran

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Illustrated)

“Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness.”

Culture Justice Silence Diversity Victim Social Justice Illness Mortals Harvest Silence Is

Book:The Little Virtues

Source: The Little Virtues

“Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.”

Culture Justice Inspiring Growing Up Growing Diversity Social Justice

Book:Sacred cows-- and other edibles

Source: Sacred cows-- and other edibles

“His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave's freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached nonviolence.”

Men World Said Lasts Literature Justice Kings Social Justice Slave Construction Nonviolence Luther Free Man Headstone

Book:Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

Source: Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

“National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.”

Culture Justice Diversity Social Justice Injustice Downfall

Author:William E. Gladstone

“Nothing is worse than active ignorance.”

Culture Justice Ignorance Diversity Social Justice Stupidity Active

Book:Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims

Source: Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims

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