Quotables
Books…are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with ‘em, then we grow out of ‘em and leave ‘em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development. – Dorothy L. Sayers
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. – Mark Twain
Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble…for the Lord, your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. – Deuteronomy 31:6 NAS
However motherhood comes to you, it’s a miracle. – Valerie Harper
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust
Man can live far from God – not outside God. God is wherever we are. Even in suffering? Even in suffering. – Elie Wiesel
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Muriel Strode
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. – Bill Cosby
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity – John F. Kennedy
Humor
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. - Bill Vaughan
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn’t it follow that electicians can be delighted, musicians denoted? - George Carlin
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. - Socrates
Social justice
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children. – Jimmy Carter
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. – Lord Acton
True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring. – Martin Luther King
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