May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears.
03248 – What Counts in Life
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we’ve lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
02973 – Acts of Mercy
You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
02961 – Look for the Good
It never hurts to see the good in someone. They often act better because of it.
01879 – Released from Prison?
[Just before being released from prison...] As I stand before the door to my freedom, I realize that if I do not leave my pain, anger, and bitterness behind me, I will still be in prison.
01736 – Poverty is Not an Accident
Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.__________________________Gender-neutral version: Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is human-made and can be removed by...
01717 – To Be Free
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
01018 – Only One Division Between Us
It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.
00965 – People Can Be Taught to Love
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally in the human heart than its opposite. from...
00605 – How Our World is Divided
Our world is not colored by race, color, gender, or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion.