Mike Merritt:
CLASS OF 1976
Cooper High SchoolClass of 1976
Abilene, TX
Mike's Story
Mike is from Abilene, Texas. Mike's schools include Cooper High School. Mike later attended Abilene Christian University.
Music Mike likes includes The Piano Guys | St. George, Utah, stephaniesĭd. Books Mike likes include Kissing Fish: christianity for people who don't like christianity, The Tao of Pooh, John Irving. Movies Mike likes include Cool Hand Luke, Gladiator, Braveheart. TV shows Mike likes include Arrested Development, M*A*S*H, The Andy Griffith Show.
One of Mike's favorite quotes is:""There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." — Elie Wiesel
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." — Gandhi
Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path. -HANH
"To live outside the law you must be honest." - Bob Dylan
"Once we begin not to worry about the kind of house we live in, what clothes we are wearing–once we give up the stupid recreation of this world, we have time, which is priceless, to remember that we are our brother’s keeper and that we must not only care for his needs as far as we are able ...Expand for more
immediately, but we must try to build a better world." - Dorothy Day
A few of my favorite Einstein quotes:
"Never memorize something that you can look up." (thank you, internet)
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"A person starts to live when he can live outside himself."
"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!"
"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"
"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. "
"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war."
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
"Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding."
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."".
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