Whether We Remain The Ash Or Become The Phoenix Is Up Quotes

Whether we remain the ash or
become the phoenix is up to us.
- Ming-Dao Deng

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever
human beings endure suffering and humiliation.
We must always take sides.
Neutrality helps the oppressor,
never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor,
never the tormented.
- Elie Wiesel, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor
(The Nobel Peace Prize speech, 1986)

Whether we remain the ash or
become the phoenix is up to us.
- Ming-Dao Deng

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather..
not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.

The more corrupt the state,
the more it legislates. - Tacitus

In war, you win or lose, live or die
and the difference is just an eyelash.
- Douglas MacArthur

Real integrity is doing the right thing,
knowing that nobody's going to know
whether you did it or not. - Oprah Winfrey