From 3da9951ca7d18592fa26170a33f4a6bc6bd7510c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bernie Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:58:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Edit page TrueHeroes --- TrueHeroes | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+) create mode 100644 TrueHeroes diff --git a/TrueHeroes b/TrueHeroes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..562c370 --- /dev/null +++ b/TrueHeroes @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +== 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 + + +And this guy lived in the distant past, but his thought strikes me as +more modern than most of us: + + * 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!" -- 2.25.1