Friedrich Nietzsche - we often refuse

'We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the way in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.'

Malcolm X - don't be in a hurry to

Don’t be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn’t do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today.

David Edwards - hate can only exist

“Hate can only exist in the absence of understanding; where understanding is present, hate cannot exist. … Very often hate is the result of a determination not to understand, and this is why hate is so dangerous: it actually resists understanding.”

Q: What makes a person good or bad?

A: (heartmindspirit) What’s good or bad, or moral or immoral, is highly subjective, this means the actually definition varies from person to person, perception to perception. To me, there is only true or false. Is the person honoring truth in their lives? Are they deceiving for personal advantage? People live lies, and those around them also suffer for it.

Voltaire - animals have these

“Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.”

Elbert Hubbard - the greatest mistake...

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Gerry Spence - I would rather...

"I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief."

T.S. Elliot - only thoes

“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.”

Corita Kent- life is

Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed.

Henry Adams- chaos...

Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.