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Three quotes on life and living… I find all three inspirational. Life is not about finding yourself, Life is about creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist that is all. Oscar Wild Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that [...]

Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. He was assassinated but his dream and legacy still lives. I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community [...]

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. – Helen Keller

Today is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His life and his words are very inspiring to me so I thought I’ll share a few quotes from him: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a [...]

I received this quote by email, It is really interesting and funny! I tried to find out who have said it but was not too successful, in one webpage it was mentioned that it is from Valerie Kent, and another named it as being from Woody Allen. If you know who have said it please [...]

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. Albert Einstein

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever. Noam Chomsky My good friend Jadi has written in his Persian weblog that the webpage of The world’s Aids day is filtered (censored) inside Iran! Isn’t that amazingly stupid? [...]

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mass arrest and imprisonment of Women right activists continues in Iran as Maryam Hosseinkhah, Journalist and Member of the “1 Million [...]

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Edith Wharton American novelist (1862–1937) I first saw this quote in an Amnesty international commercial on YouTube. I was surfing in YouTube for the Amnesty international advertisement which you can watch here. I find it really well made,I [...]