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If the the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.

—Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Nature is the best medicine for serenity. Peace. Calmness. Stillness. It’s good for the heart.” 

~ Karen Madwell

Ghandi said, "I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ."

"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices."

- George Orwell

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." 

- Niccolo Machiavelli

“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the Loser.” 

-Socrates

"Politicians and diapers should be changed often, and for the same reason." 

- Mark Twain

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” 

~ Voltaire

"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the Axe, for the Axe was clever and convinced the Trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them." 

-- Turkish proverb

"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth." 

--- Buddha

“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind - you are the one who hears it.”
― Michael A. Singer

A man without conscience is dangerous.

"I didn't get any of the big things in life I wanted but I got enough small things to sustain me." 

“In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”  

- G. Orwell

“Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge.”

― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

"Knowledge is power: And with great knowledge comes great responsibility."

"A fool thinks himself a wise man; a wise man knows he is a fool".... Shakespeare.

"True freedom comes when you stop being afraid."

“Only a fool looks for a rainstorm in the sunshine.”

“A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” 

~Nelson Mandela