There’s no such thing as `one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good – they’re the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren’t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race. Mercedes Lackey
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When Nelson Mandela said, “There’s no such thing as ‘one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good — they’re the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren’t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race.� It is easy to become discouraged with the world today. The things that used to be important are now no longer important. People have lost sight of what really matters in life.

For example, there once was a time when people were willing to die for what they believed in. Now, most people think about themselves first. They are more concerned with their own safety than they are about doing good in the world.

Source: Brightly Burning

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