Thought Provoking Quotes

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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal… — Francis of Assisi
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought… — Chinua Achebe
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your… — Chinua Achebe
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. — Chinua Achebe
The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. — Chinua Achebe
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. — Marcus Aurelius
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. — Henry Ward Beecher
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. — Saul Bellow
Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. — Arnold Bennett
Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, where they appear to be going, whether… — Isaiah Berlin
Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows. — Ambrose Bierce
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. — William Blake
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. — William Blake
What is now proved was once only imagined. — William Blake
To generalize is to be an idiot. — William Blake
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. — William Blake
The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind. — William Blake
Active Evil is better than Passive Good. — William Blake
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. — William Blake

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