The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -Victor Hugo

“Read children’s books, dance alone to DJ music. Know that this distance will make our hearts grow fonder.” From a wave of woes our world will emerge stronger.” -Amanda Gorman

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. -Thomas Edison

When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it, always. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Our nation is shaped by the constant battle between our better angels and our darkest impulses. It is time for our better angels to prevail. -Joe Biden

Only In The Darkness Can You See The Stars. -Martin Luther King Jr.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. -Max Eastman

Ring out false pride in place and blood, / The civic slander and the spite; / Ring in the love of truth and right, / Ring in the common love of good. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. And this I will tell you as well: One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none. -Charles de Lint