A person who chooses to die or to risk death demonstrates that there are values, principles, maxims, that are more valuable to him than is life itself. In short, he places his immortal self above his mortal self.
Henry David Thoreau
Mark Twain
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man
Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.
Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
Mark Twain
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.
All actions are judged by the motives prompting them.
This world is a prison for the Faithful, but a Paradise for unbelievers.
Prophet Muhammad
Ernest Hemingway
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Definition of courage: ‘Grace under pressure.’
Ernest Hemingway
Victim of Americanism
I’m one of the 22 million black victims of the democrats, one of the 22 million black victims of the republicans and one of the 22 million black victims of Americanism. And When I speak I don’t speak as a democrat or a republican, nor an American. I speak as the victim of America’s so called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy, all we’ve seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes and look around America we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism; we see America throughout the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare. We haven’t benefited from America’s democracy; we’ve only suffered from America’s hypocrisy.
Malcolm X
Fear
Melt the icy fingers of fear with the sunshine of hope.
Unknown
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.