“The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
As quoted in Eleanor : The Years Alone (1972) by Joseph P. Lash
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Steve Maraboli (1975)
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