Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it

by Spuunbenda

Wed Apr 04 2001 at 21:10:22

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
1869-1948

Regarding the role and value of the individual, and reasons for the success of the nonviolence movement against the British.

Words to live by; a mantra against fatalism and despair.

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We are all sitting on our asses, simultaneously staring blankly at computer screens all over the world	Undermining the foundations of the Establishment by supporting local singer-songwriters and avoiding genetically engineered foodstuffs	Buying condoms	The Dalai Lama's response to terrorist attacks on the United States
Seven social sins	Mahatma Gandhi	I could take this in doses large enough to kill	The horrible realization that you don't matter
Marathon 2 Final Screen	You can do anything you want to, as long as it's not important	War in Iraq, pacifism, and the real world	Fatalism
God Talk and Burning Children	I DON'T quit	I am hoping for a hell deep enough to hold me. I am hoping for no way out.	antidisestablishmentarianism
A Thing with No Recognizable Purpose	The Meat Irony	Some like it in the pot, nine days old	The Everything Editor's Job
When the fall is all that's left it matters a great deal	Speak Truth to Power	passive resistance	Civil Rights Movement

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