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Being Different

benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without. we are certainly furnished with them. and a different view is simply owing to want of reflection. hence it is said, “seek and you will find them. neglect and you will lose them�. men differ from one another in regard to them — some as much again as others, some five times as much, and some to an incalculable amount — it is because they cannot carry out fully their natural powers.holy confucian canon
and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of god. romans 12:1
choice in every form is conflict. contradiction is inevitable in choice; this contradiction, inner and outer, breeds confusion and misery. jiddu krishnamurti
there lurks in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that nature has given him something peculiar to himself. samuel johnson
many people fear nothing more terribly than to take a position which stands out sharply and clearly from the prevailing opinion. the tendency of most is to adopt a view that is so ambiguous that it will include everything and so popular that it will include everybody. not a few men who cherish lofty and noble ideas hide them under a bushel for fear of being called different. martin luther king, jr