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1944·New York City, USA
Epictetus·125 ADWhen you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid being seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right, avoid doing the thing; but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?
Epictetus·125 ADAttach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
Socrates·399 BCIt would be better for me... that multitudes of men should disagree with me rather than that I, being one, should be out of harmony with myself.
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
