Quotes

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“Man can find meaning in life, short and perilous as it is, only through devoting himself to society.”

— Albert Einstein

“Being human is difficult. Becoming human is a lifelong process. To be truly human is a gift.”

— Abraham Heschel

“…there is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls.”

— Kofi A. Annan

“Peace, development and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?”

— Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize 1991

“To positively discriminate in favour of groups that have been negatively discriminated against in the past.”

— Ben Elton, Blast from the Past

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

— Muriel Strode (a similar quote exists by Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”

— Marie Curie, Physicist and first woman to win the Nobel Prize

“A great many people think they are thinking when they are just rearranging their prejudices.”

— William James

“The one who is outside the door has already a good part of their journey behind them.”

— Dutch proverb

“Having the freedom of speech does not mean saying what’s humane, hateless and non-prejudicial.”

— Abhijit Naskar, Citizens of Peace: Beyond the Savagery of Sovereignty
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