
“Spiritual truth should never be sold — those who sell it injure themselves spiritually.”
Appendix III
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982)
As quoted in "Pushing World Peace — it's a living" by Beverly Creamer in Honolulu Advertiser (15 August 1980)
“Spiritual truth should never be sold — those who sell it injure themselves spiritually.”
Appendix III
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words (1982)
GWU interview (1997)
Context: You know, you have to really decide where you want to live: if you want to live in the jungle or in the zoo. Because if you want the beauty, if you want freedom, the jungle is... that's your world. But you're in danger there, you have to live with snakes, sharks, tigers, skunks, you know, mosquitoes, leeches. You want to be safe, you have to live in the zoo. You are protected. You know, if you are a lamb, the tiger will not attack you. You know, you'll get a little bit something to eat every day; that's fine. You have to work hard, but you live behind the bars, and what's wonderful — you live there behind the bars and you dream about the beauty of the jungle. Now what happened was that the bars opened, and everybody runs after the dream. And suddenly, well, yeah, it's beautiful — yes, I am free to go wherever I want, do whatever I want, but where do I want to go? Oh, my God, and here is a tiger and here's a snake. Oh, oh, and people have a tendency to, you know, back. And you will be surprised how many people prefer to live in the zoo; they are not ready to pay for the freedom; they think that freedom should be, you know, for free, even for granted, which never is, never is.
“You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.”
Dr. Stockmann, Act V
Robert Farquharson translation
An Enemy of the People (1882)
Dealing with Doubt
18 November 2007
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-fDyPU3wlQ (2:11 into video)
As quoted in Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story (1979) by A. E. Hotchner, p. 76.
Context: I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself. So failure or reversal does not bring out resentment in me because I cannot blame others for any misfortune that befalls me.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 37.
Sermon (1899)
"People Organized and Working for Economic Rebirth," sermon at Madison Square Garden (7 October 1985)