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Sunday Inspiration: Heroes
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
—Bob Dylan
Sunday Inspiration: God Protect Me
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
—Saint Teresa de Ávila
Sunday Inspiration: Great Teachers
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
—John Steinbeck
Sunday Inspiration: All the Earth’s Children
Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease; or was it made to preserve all her children?
—Gerrard Winstanley
Sunday Inspiration: The Most Improper Job
The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
—J. R. R. Tolkien
Sunday Inspiration: Embrace the Possibilities
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope.
—Thomas Merton
Sunday Inspiration: What to Read
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
—Haruki Murakami
Sunday Inspiration: Cooperation
Competition is the law of the jungle, but cooperation is the law of civilization.
—Peter Kropotkin
Sunday Inspiration: The Truest Wisdom
A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
—Charles Dickens
Sunday Inspiration: The Meaning of Life
The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.
—Rabindranath Tagore
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