People’s memories are maybe the fuel they burn to stay alive. -Haruki Murakami

Everyone has a belief system, B.S., the trick is to learn not to take anyone’s B.S. too seriously, especially your own. -Robert Anton Wilson

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress of mankind, put your faith in the nonconformist! -Martin Luther King, Jr.

One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion. -Simone de Beauvoir

Through others, we become ourselves. -Lev Vygotsky

There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring. -Evelyn Beatrice Hall

If we would have new knowledge, we must get us a whole world of new questions. -Susanne Langer

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change. -Harriet Lerner

The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be. -Louis de Bernieres

“Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.” -Alice Childress