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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“First they came for the communists and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist.
Next they came for the Catholics and I did not speak out - because I was not a Catholic.
Then they came for me. And there was no one left to speak out for me.”
― Pastor Niemoeller. Political prisoner of the Nazis.

“You can't run away from your problems. They will just chase you and get bigger and bigger.
If you stand and face them, they will shrivel and disappear."

Author: My mother when I was 11 and pretending to be ill to avoid a school maths test. It has been useful and accurate countless times in adult life. Thanks Mom.”
― W.H. Fordham