WIST Quotations

Eliot, George -- Middlemarch, Book 8, ch. 72 (1871-72)

Dave — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 16:20:21 +0000

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

George Eliot (1819-1880) English novelist [pseud. of Mary Ann Evans]
Middlemarch, Book 8, ch. 72 (1871-72)

Darrow, Clarence -- Resist Not Evil, ch. 16 (1903)

Dave — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:33:18 +0000

Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery. […] Common experience shows how much rarer is moral courage than physical bravery. A thousand men will march to the mouth of the cannon where one man will dare espouse an unpopular cause […] True courage and manhood come from the consciousness of the right attitude toward the world, the faith in one’s own purpose, and the sufficiency of one’s own approval as a justification for one’s own acts.

Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) American lawyer
Resist Not Evil, ch. 16 (1903)

King, Martin Luther -- Sermon, Passion Sunday, National Cathedral, Washington, DC (31 Mar 1968)

Dave — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:04:56 +0000

Vanity asks the question — is it popular? Conscience asks the question — is it right?

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American clergyman, civil rights leader, social activist, preacher
Sermon, Passion Sunday, National Cathedral, Washington, DC (31 Mar 1968)

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