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Unity in diversity is the highest possible attainment of a civilization, a testimony to the most noble possibilities of the human race. This attainment is made possible through passionate concern for choice, in an atmosphere of social trust.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society.

In right and service to their noble country.

Everyone has in him something divine, something his own, a chance of perfection and strength in however small a sphere which God offers him to take or refuse. The task is to find it, develop it & use it. The chief aim of education should be to help the growing soul to draw out that in itself which is best and make it perfect for a noble use.

The world has no room for cowards. We must all be ready somehow to toil, to suffer, to die.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.

To make the public sentiment on the side of all that is just and true and noble is the highest use of life.

Citizenship comes first today in our crowded world..._x000D__x000D_No man can enjoy the privileges of education and thereafter _x000D__x000D_with a clear conscience break his contract with society. _x000D__x000D_To respect that contract is to be mature, to strengthen it is to be a good citizen, _x000D__x000D_to do more than your share under it is noble.

Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm.

Human affairs inspire in noble hearts only two feelings-admiration or pity.

Religion is a disease, but it is a noble disease.

The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives.

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions. Those who contribute most to this kind of association are for that very reason entitled to a larger share in the state than those who, though they may be equal or even superior in free birth and in family, are inferior in the virtue that belongs to a citizen. Similarly they are entitled to a larger share than those who are superior in riches but inferior in virtue.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

The most noble fate a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war's desolation.

That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know,_x000D__x000D_And all of heaven we have below._x000D__x000D_Music can noble hints impart,_x000D__x000D_Engender fury, kindle love;_x000D__x000D_40 With unsuspected eloquence can move,_x000D__x000D_And manage all the man with secret art._x000D__x000D_When Orpheus strikes the trembling lyre_x000D__x000D_The streams stand still, the stones admire;_x000D__x000D_The listening savages advance,_x000D__x000D_The world and lamb around him trip_x000D__x000D_The bears in aukward measures leap,_x000D__x000D_And tigers mingle in the dance_x000D__x000D_The moving woods attended as he played_x000D__x000D_And Rhodope was left without a shade.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty . . . . Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys basic people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.

Love is a lock that linketh noble minds,_x000D__x000D_Faith is the key that shuts the spring of love.

Love is a passion_x000D__x000D_Which kindles honor into noble acts.