To the Greeks, the word "character" first referred to the stamp upon a coin. By extension, man was the coin, and the character trait was the stamp imprinted upon him. To them, that trait, for example bravery, was a share of something all mankind had, rather than means of distinguishing one from the whole. Edith Hamilton
One love, one heart. .. Let’s get together and feel all right
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Bob Marley
And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances.
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Marcus Aurelius
It strikes me as un Christian that we often have more charitable attitudes toward ideological allies than we do toward brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we disagree on matters of politics.
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David Kinnaman
The awakening passed from simple recognition of my need for God at the center of my life, to a depth where the will is stirred And that is a deeper place by far. That is the place of response, of unifying one's heart, mind, soul...
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Sue Monk Kidd
If we were really to see one another as brothers and sisters, there would be no basis for division, cheating and exploitation among us.
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More Quotes By Edith Hamilton
Love cannot live where there is no trust.
It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be caught up into the world of...
I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don't really act as if we believed in the soul's immortality and that's why we are where we...
The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.
