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 | “Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice.” ―Mahatma Gandhi Source/Notes: A list closing an article in Young India (22 October 1925); Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi Vol. 33 (PDF) p. 135 |
 | “I don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment.” ―Dorothy Stang Source/Notes: As reported in: The Ecologist, Volume 35 (2005); and also in: Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Part 1 (U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005), p. 673 |
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 | “My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” ―Indira Gandhi Source/Notes: As quoted in: "The Times of India", 8 February 1959. See also: izquotes.com/331364 |
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 | “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.” ―Thomas Edison Source/Notes: Variant: izquotes.com/quote/226358. As quoted in An Enemy Called Average (1990) by John L. Mason, p. 55 |
 | “I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him in His work; but God cannot make much use of him, for there is not much for the Holy Ghost to work upon.” ―Dwight L. Moody Source/Notes: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) |
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