Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.
Interpretation
It emphasizes the importance of standing up against what is wrong, even when it is widely accepted.
This quote by Pablo Casals highlights the need for individual courage and integrity in a world where wrongdoing may be normalized or accepted. It serves as a reminder that one should not conform to societal pressures or accept negative behaviors, but rather take a stand for what is right and just.
In practice
This quote can be used during a speech about social justice and activism.
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.
I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.
There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
It's easier to aim to please and say what others want to hear than to form an opinion and fight for it, even if it means taking a risk or losing your job.
Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders indeed, if the rising crime rate, isn't due as much as anything to the criminal's instinctive knowledge that the average victim no longer has means of self-protection.
I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.
Never depart from the way of martial arts.
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