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

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix

Your voice dries up if you don’t use it. -Patti Page

Through others, we become ourselves. -Lev Vygotsky

Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except the best. -Henry van Dyke

We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it, chopped down its forests, leveled its hills, muddied its waters, and dirtied its air. That does not fit my definition of a good tenant. If we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago. -Rose Bird

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy — as well as in an individual’s life — is to become cynical about the future and lose hope: that is the end, and we cannot let that happen. -Hillary Clinton

Life is mostly froth and bubble, / Two things stand like stone, / Kindness in another’s trouble, / Courage in your own. -Adam Lindsay Gordon

True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom and equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth, universal brotherhood and good will, and a constant and earnest striving toward the principles and ideals on which this country was founded. -Eleanor Roosevelt

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