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    Ernest Hemingway
    “So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon
    tags: morality, morals, right, right-and-wrong, wrong
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    “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
    ― S.G. Tallentyre, The Friends of Voltaire
    tags: disagreement, evelyn-beatrice-hall, freedom-of-speech, freedom-of-thought, misattributed-to-voltaire
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  • #3
    “... In love, everyone does things that hurt the other person, so there really is no "Right" and "Wrong". You just have to decide what you're willing to forgive”
    ― Yvonne Wood, Dead Beautiful
    tags: forgiveness, inspirational, life, love, right, wrong
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    Prince
    “Hard to say what's right when all I wanna do is wrong.”
    ― Prince
    tags: morality, music, right, temptation, wrong
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    L.M. Montgomery
    “Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.”
    ― L.M. Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea
    tags: gossip, right, truth, wrong
    205 likes

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    Criss Jami
    “There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it.”
    ― Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
    tags: arrogance, cocky, cognition, confidence, conviction, ego, haters, humility, minority, offense, pride, right, superiority, wrong
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    Criss Jami
    “A young outcast will often feel that there is something wrong with himself, but as he gets older, grows more confident in who he is, he will adapt, he will begin to feel that there is something wrong with everyone else.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: adaptation, anger, attitude, bullied, bully, bullying, confidence, confidence-and-attitude, encouragement, growth, inspirational, introvert, loneliness, motivational, outcast, pain, youth
    275 likes

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    Bodie Thoene
    “What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.”
    ― Bodie Thoene
    tags: choices, decisions, right
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    Sophie Kinsella
    “A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right.”
    ― Sophie Kinsella, The Undomestic Goddess
    tags: deeds, life, mistake, right, truth
    123 likes

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    Phillip C. McGraw
    “Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.”
    ― Phillip C. McGraw
    tags: decision, make, right, sometimes
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    Criss Jami
    “Showing a lack of self-control is in the same vein granting authority to others: 'Perhaps I need someone else to control me.”
    ― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms
    tags: attitude, authority, control, discipline, lacking, out-of-control, permission, self-control, self-will, will
    96 likes

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    Gloria Steinem
    “Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”
    ― Gloria Steinem
    tags: person, right
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    Criss Jami
    “Those who live as though God sets the rules are not going by their own rules. That is the self-sacrifice, or selflessness, that peace more often than not requires. Those who insist on going by their own rules cannot make that sacrifice. They are the steady adherents of (global) conflict because they are forever fighting both themselves and others to do whatever they think that they want to do.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: apologetics, bible, commandments, compassion, conflict, consideration, dispute, fighting, god, humility, laws, love, objectivity, peace, rules, sacrifice, self-sacrifice, selfishness, selflessness, subjectivity
    45 likes

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    Paulo Coelho
    “A lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die
    tags: common-sense, life, right
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    Toba Beta
    “At a certain level of learning and understanding,
    right or wrong ain't the issue, but different interest.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: conflict-of-interest, learning, right, understanding, wrong
    22 likes

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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr.
    tags: death, right
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  • #18
    Jodi Picoult
    “When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.”
    ― Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care
    tags: right, think, truth, wrong
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    John Patrick Shanley
    “If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.”
    ― John Patrick Shanley, Doubt, a Parable
    tags: evil, good, good-vs-evil, religion, right, wrong
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    Jay Woodman
    “Our true nature is one of innocence and freedom to choose how we live. We need to be brave enough not to give that away. Don't give up on your right to, and sense of, TRUTH, Justice, and GRACE.”
    ― Jay Woodman
    tags: brave, choose, freedom, grace, innocence, justice, right, rights, truth
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    Charles M. Blow
    “There is no wrong time to do the right thing.”
    ― Charles M. Blow
    tags: right, timing, wrong
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    “Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by,and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.”
    ― J.C. Watts Jr., What Color Is a Conservative?: My Life and My Politics
    tags: character, integrity, people, right
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    Criss Jami
    “I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: certainty, contradiction, development, discipline, freedom, hypocrisy, justification, learning, productivity, progress, proof, right, self-denial, truth, uncertainty
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    Criss Jami
    “If you're capable of despising your own behavior, you might just love yourself.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: acceptance-of-oneself, behavior, growth, humility, improvement, love, morality, repentance, self-hate, self-loathing, self-love
    63 likes

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    Jim George
    “As your heart goes, so goes your family! If your heart isn't right, no child raising system, rules, or gimmicks will ever work. As your heart goes, so goes your parenting!”
    ― Jim George, A Man After God's Own Heart: Devoting Your Life to What Really Matters
    tags: child, christian, family, god, heart, inspiration, love, man, men, parent, right, rules, system
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    Criss Jami
    “The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable; the latter is not.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: arrogance, dangerous, dishonesty, ignorance, intellectual-dishonesty, intelligence, knowledge, pretense, pretentiousness, pride, profound, teaching, wisdom
    38 likes

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    Criss Jami
    “The man who is most aggressive in teaching tolerance is the most intolerant of all: he wants a world full of people too timid and ashamed to really disagree with anything.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: aggression, agree, contradiction, disagree, force, hypocrisy, intolerance, paradox, selfish, shame, teaching, timid, tolerance
    78 likes

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  • #28
    Criss Jami
    “When comprehending how different people truly are, you also comprehend the absolute necessity of some divine authority.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: difference, faith, god, humanity
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    Bill Courtney
    “A leader or mentor gives credit to others when things go right, and accepts the blame when things go wrong.”
    ― Bill Courtney, Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love
    tags: accepts, blame, coach, credit, leader, mentor, others, right, team, things, wrong
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    Criss Jami
    “If truth is like the terrain, are we the generation who sees it as one who has worn shoes all his life or one who has never worn shoes? Yet still, even if the walk starts out as painful, the experience may be well worth it.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: development, experience, generation, humility, learning, pain, pride, truth, truth-hurts, worth
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  • #31
    “always see the goodness in others for it will sent you to righteousness,.. Amen”
    ― Jinnul Jr.
    tags: good, goodness, right, righteousness
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