From bc3c8f574a7e05df5c33d53fdbb376eac741f4c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bernie Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:55:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Edit page RandomLinks --- RandomLinks | 56 +---------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 55 deletions(-) diff --git a/RandomLinks b/RandomLinks index 3114c00..00f8b73 100644 --- a/RandomLinks +++ b/RandomLinks @@ -8,58 +8,4 @@ * The Story of Mel, a RealProgrammer: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html -== True Heroes == - -I especially admire these people of our times for how they inspired us to make the world a better place: - - * Gandhi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi - - "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - - "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for." - - "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." - - "God has no religion" - - "We must respect other religions, even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough." - - (When asked if he was a Hindu) "Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew." - - On Showing up to meet His Majesty King Edward VII of England in just a loincloth, a reporter - wondered aloud if this was disrespectful to the king. Gandhi replied simply, "The King was - wearing enough for the both of us." - - * Nelson Mandela - - "I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless - and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining - years of my life in your hands." - - "A traveller through our country would stop at a village, and he didn't have to ask for food or for - water. Once he stops, the people give him food, entertain him. That is one aspect of Ubuntu but - Ubuntu has various aspects. - - - * Mother Teresa of Calcutta - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa - - "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier." - - "When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the checkpost whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books." - - - * Martin Luther King, Jr. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. - - "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality." - - The "I have a dream..." speech: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PAKnMLPus1M - - * Socrates - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates - - "I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world." - - "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance." - - "Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live." - - Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to himself, "How many things I have no need of!" + * TrueHeroes - People with great ideas -- 2.25.1