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"A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.[Report to the United States Senate on his trip to Latin America and the Alliance for Progress, May 9-10 1966]"

"Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons."

"The difference between you and everyone else, is everyone else. And that’s a lot, so you should feel special."

"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself."

"A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement"

"It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak."

"When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret."

"In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest."

"Leigh did what any sane female faced with such an e-mail would do: deleted it to resist the temptation of replying, cleared her trash to resist the temptation of recalling it, and then called tech support to restore all her recently deleted e-mails. (Chasing Harry Winston)"

"I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then,"he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness."

"Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth."(Journal entry, 14 October 1922)"

"It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or others who will do us the good service of telling us the truth about ourselves. When we don't, we can so easily delude ourselves, lose a sense of truth about ourselves, and our conscience loses power and purpose. Mostly, we tell ourselves what we would like to hear. We lose our way."

"I think eulogies are wasted on the dead. It’s the living who need to hear kind words spoken about them."

"The truth is more important than the facts."

"Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth."

"Life is problems. Living is solving problems."

"She says he says, but she could be lying to me, and he could be lying to her, so I can’t believe her, even if I could believe her."

"He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music."

"I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor."

"Two people with mental issues in a relationship does not work. It's like sitting in a boat and neither one has an oar to row the other to shore. You can meet your mirror image in life, but that doesn't mean you should marry him."