All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. -James Thurber

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. -Naguib Mahfouz

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