I believe that all men, black and brown, and white, are brothers, varying, through Time and Opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and in the possibility of infinite development.

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Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

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Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

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A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself

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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

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The chief problem in any community cursed with crime is not the punishment of the criminals, but the preventing of the young from being trained to crime.

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Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.

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Lord, make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.

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I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

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Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody's slavery.

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