Joseph William Martin, Jr. quotes

Joseph William Martin, Jr. quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“After years of living with the coldest realities I still believe that one reaps what one sows and that to sow kindness is the best of all investments.”
-- Joseph William Martin, Jr.

#Kindness Quotes #Believe Quotes #Reality Quotes

“Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.”
“I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.”
“The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.”

Source : "No, Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2012.
“Question not, but live and labour Till yon goal be won, Helping every feeble neighbor, Seeking help from none; Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.”

Source : 'Ye Wearie Wayfarer' 'Fytte 8'
“I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.”
“I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.”
“Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.”
“I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.”
“The language itself is what gets me interested in writing. It's weird to me that words exist. Never a dull moment with words. They're a layer between our minds and the physical reality around us, obviously, but the layer seems like it's always in flux, like an asteroid belt, constantly moving.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
“Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.”

Source : Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, p.9, Da Capo Press

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