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Something About Me and My Book:: The Ten Most Important Things Ever Said
by
Dan D. Schinzel
Everyone loves a great quote. We marvel at those rare souls who can clearly convey an idea and elicit an emotional response from a reader or an audience in a mere sentence or two. The economy of their words provides us a nicely packaged expression that is convenient, versatile and easily stored, perhaps on a slip of paper or perhaps merely tucked away in our memory banks. Because ideas are not expressed in a vacuum, learning something about the person to whom a quote is attributed is essential if we are to fully appreciate its intended meaning. In "The Ten Most Important Things Ever Said", Dan D. Schinzel brings together quotes from a wide variety of sources that span different cultures and times. Each of the ten expressions is followed by a fictional scene and conversation created to elaborate on the intentions of the author. Each quote is also accompanied by two or three relevant stories from the past: some familiar, others obscure. The end product is a book that is intended to be a starting point for a conversation about how the words of the past can serve as beacons for our future. For while the ten different sayings cover an assortment of subjects and are attributed to a variety of sources, they all share one common trait: the words and their meaning are timeless.

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The ten most important things ever said

v It is your care for others that is the true measure of your greatness.

Jesus of Nazareth

v A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellow man.

Muhammad

v Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Confucius

v Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Jesus of Nazareth

v Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

Samuel Clemens

v Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.

Mohandas Gandhi

v Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.

Native American Proverb

v In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

v You never really understand a person . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird

v Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Viktor Frankl