#quality

On Power: It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal. ↗

— Helen Keller

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Nothing is more unequal than equality itself. ↗

— Pliny the Younger

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The fundamentalists were equally stymied. “We were worried about Adam and Steve,” a Baptist minister said. “Should we have been more worried about Rover and Fluffy? ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#shifters #equality

The claim to equality, outside of the strictly political field, is made only by those who feel themselves to be in some way inferior. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#inferiority #equality

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal. ↗

— Karl Popper

#knowledge #wisdom #equality

When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself? ↗

— Śāntideva

#philosophy #equality

Severian moved toward her, kneeling in front of her. His voice was pleading when he said, "When I return I mean to make you mine." "Do not return here Milord." She tried to pull away but some pain she saw in his face kept her eyes locked on him. "I am for Montparte." "You have my heart Meri and I will not settle for less than an equal measure of yours. ↗

— Elizabeth Marx

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Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they renounce their own righteousness too. They get no praise for their achievements or sacrifices. They cannot have righteousness except by hungering and thirsting for it (this applies equally to their own righteousness and to the righteousness of God on Earth), always they look forward to the future righteousness of God, but they cannot establish it for themselves. Those who follow Jesus grow hungry and thirsty on the way. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#forgiveness #god #jesus #righteousness #equality

Fame is also won at the expense of others. Even the well-deserved honors of the scientist or man of learning are unfair to many persons of equal achievements who get none. When one man gets a place in the sun, the others are put in a denser shade. From the point of view of the whole group there's no gain whatsoever, and perhaps a loss. ↗

— B.F. Skinner

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Saving our planet requires you to be ambitious in what you aim, and, equally, in how hard you work to reach your goal. ↗

— Ban Ki-Moon

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