February16
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness.”
“I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession [of medicine] and that it is injurious to mankind.”
“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.”
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall – think of it, ALWAYS.”
“Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.”
“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.”
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.”
“Hate the sin and love the sinner.”
Originally posted 2009-05-07 02:00:00.
