When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy.
Corazon AquinoRead
It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero.
Interpretation
Acceptance of suffering is essential for personal growth and spiritual connection.
This quote by Corazon Aquino emphasizes the importance of moving past self-pity to fully embrace the inherent suffering in life, particularly in the context of a spiritual journey with Christ. It suggests that true progress and understanding come when one lets go of the need to be a hero, recognizing that suffering is a universal experience that can lead to deeper acceptance and connection to faith.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
When you restore democracy, you cannot say that only those who worked for the restoration of democracy will be allowed to use the privileges of a democracy.
The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.
There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive in.
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.
Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
blindness is a private matter between a person and the eyes with which he or she was born.
For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes; the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.
I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but not famed enough to make a living in this society.
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