“The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of revenge. Man has never risen above the injunction of the lex talionis: "Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.” MenHumansMadeSelfFactsProblemHandsEyeLawLife IsSongIndividualNationsSocialPathFeetOceanUglySolveRevengeTeethHuman LifeRisingSpiteTidesPursuedRisenRecurringSocial ProblemsRetaliationWreckage Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding with unshrinking firmness the bitterest blast of adversity.” ForcePathAliveWifeHusbandWeaknessFemaleAdversityRisingMisfortunesTouchingDependenceSupporterProsperousAbidingBlastFirmnessTreadingComforterRoughness Book:The Complete Works: With a Memoir of the Author Source: The Complete Works: With a Memoir of the Author
“Mr. Blatchford says that there was not a Fall but a gradual rise. But the very word "rise" implies that you know toward what you are rising. Unless there is a standard you cannot tell whether you are rising or falling. But the main point is that the Fall like every other large path of Christianity is embodied in the common language talked on the top of an omnibus. Anybody might say, "Very few men are really Manly." Nobody would say, "Very few whales are really whaley."” KnowsMenMightFallLanguageCommonChristianityPathStandardsRisingWhalesManlyCommon Language Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“It is we ourselves who alone shall shape our destinies, rising always above the external circumstances and conditions which from time to time shall be thrown across our paths.” DestinyPathConditionsCircumstancesShapesRisingThrownOur Destiny Book:My method, including American impressions Source: My method, including American impressions
“Today the Iraqi and Afghan people are on the path to democracy and freedom. The governments that are rising will pose no threat to others. Instead of harboring terrorists, they're fighting terrorist groups. And this progress is good for the long-term security of all of us.” PeopleLongGovernmentTodayFightingTermDemocracyPathProgressGroupsSecurityThreatTerroristLong TermRisingAfghanTerrorist Groups Author:George W. Bush