People Quotes - Page 287

To see the other side, to defend another people, not despite your tradition but because of it, is the heart of pluralism

Greed can be very dangerous because you sacrifice your soul for the sake of something material, and then you start sacrificing people in order to keep that which is material.

Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people-- lots of people-- pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer?

To feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the harborless without also trying to change the social order so that people can feed, clothe and shelter themselves is just to apply palliatives. It is to show a lack of faith in one’s fellows, their responsibilitie s as children of God, heirs of heaven.

But I believe in fair trade, and I will tell you, I have many, many friends heading up corporations, and people that do just business in China, they say it's virtually impossible. It's very, very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms.

When you're trying to achieve a goal, negative people will just bring you down. Surround yourself with the positive.

People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening

I think religion for many people is some sort of moral viagra.

To reach people that no one is reaching you have to do things that no one is doing.

If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.

Smart is knowing if you're dumb. Knowing when to shut up and to listen to people that are smarter than you.

Purpose, pattern, and people, the three P's at the heart of life.

People empty me. I have to get away to refill.

For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren't right for ourselves.

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice on a regular basis.

Most people try to make a better world for our children when what they should be doing is making better children for our world.

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.

Always try to create positivity. Even when people aren't.

Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for their own advantage and without any fear, by dishonoring him through sin that they could abstain from, if they wanted. But they neither abstain from sin nor are they ashamed of their already committed sins, for they do not take into consideration their unworthiness of the kindness of the one whom they do not serve.

See people for who they're becoming. Not who they were.

They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.

I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.

It is true, there are many bad people; there are more of them than in the past, but that is because there are more people, meaning the population has tripled; there must be three times more bad people.

We become pitiable and ridiculous when we imbibe an unreasoned mysticism in our life without any natural or substantial basis. People like us, who are proud to be revolutionary in every sense, should always be prepared to bear all the difficulties, anxieties, pain and suffering which we invite upon ourselves by the struggles initiated by us and for which we call ourselves revolutionary.

I don't know how people get so anti-something. Just mind your own business, take care of your own affairs, and don't worry about other people so much.