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Related Topic(s): Humbleness; Words; Writers
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An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three and a half. . . . I never write "metropolis" for seven cents, because I can get the same money for "city." I never write "policeman," because I can get the same price for "cop." . . . I never write "valetudinarian" at all, for not even hunger and wretchedness can humble me to the ...
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Related Topic(s): Awareness; Humbleness; Influence
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As scientists are thrust forward into positions of power and influence in natural resource management, it is well that they be humble. For of all people, scientists should be acutely aware that we know so little and that there is no final truth. Scientists are not accustomed to power and are likely to use power poorly. If we are not careful, we may be like the Wizard of Oz that Dorothy discovered behind the curtain manipulating an impressive show...
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| Jack Ward Thomas |
Jack Ward Thomas was the thirteenth Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, serving during the Clinton administration years of 1993-1996. |
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Related Topic(s): Ethics; Hope Hopefulness; Humbleness; Love; OBVIOUS; Thinking; Truth
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Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."
“There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious factâ€
“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most importantâ€
“Then must you strive to be worthy of her love. Be brave and pure, fearless to the strong and humble to the weak; and so, whether this love prosper or no, you will have fitte...
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Related Topic(s): Courage; Humility; Modesty
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Let us bear a high heart and a modest mind.
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Related Topic(s): Giving; Heart; Love; Loyalty; Power; Risk; Sacrifice; WORK
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The best way to reach the heart-- which is what moves people to love, to act, to join, to give, to risk, to sacrifice, to engage, to work, to have faith, to be loyal-- is with the power of stories.
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| Rob Kall |
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Related Topic(s): Business; Knoledge; Politics; Religion; Sacrifice; Sins; WORK; Wealth
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The 7 Deadly Sins are:/ Wealth without work/ Pleasure without conscience/ Knowledge without character/ Business without morality/ Science without humanity/ Worship without sacrifice/ Politics without principle
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Ghandi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, ; 2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha"�resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total nonviolence"�which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महातà¥à¤®à¤¾ mahÄtmÄ or "Great Soul", an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore), and in India also as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપà«, bÄpu or "Father"). He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience while an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, during the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he organized protests by peasants, farmers, and urban labourers concerning excessive land-tax and discrimination. After assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women's rights, build religious and ethnic amity, end untouchability, and increase economic self-reliance. Above all, he aimed to achieve Swaraj or the independence of India from foreign domination. Gandhi famously led his followers in the Non-cooperation movement that protested the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (240 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930. Later he campaigned against the British to Quit India. Gandhi spent a number of years in jail in both South Africa and India. |
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Related Topic(s): EGO; Letting Go; SELF; Sacrifice; Service; Volunteering
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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Ghandi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, ; 2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha"�resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total nonviolence"�which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi (Sanskrit: महातà¥à¤®à¤¾ mahÄtmÄ or "Great Soul", an honorific first applied to him by Rabindranath Tagore), and in India also as Bapu (Gujarati: બાપà«, bÄpu or "Father"). He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience while an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, during the resident Indian community's struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he organized protests by peasants, farmers, and urban labourers concerning excessive land-tax and discrimination. After assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921, Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women's rights, build religious and ethnic amity, end untouchability, and increase economic self-reliance. Above all, he aimed to achieve Swaraj or the independence of India from foreign domination. Gandhi famously led his followers in the Non-cooperation movement that protested the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km (240 mi) Dandi Salt March in 1930. Later he campaigned against the British to Quit India. Gandhi spent a number of years in jail in both South Africa and India. |
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