Make human nature your study wherever you reside—whatever the religion or the complexion, study their hearts.
—Ignatius Sancho, 1778
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My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
—Charles F. Kettering, 1946Language is the archives of history.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844Imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1887I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.
—Maya Angelou, 1993Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but most important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
—Hazel Rochman, 1995Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 150 BCGood men must not obey the laws too well.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844Before the earth could become an industrial garbage can, it had first to become a research laboratory.
—Theodore Roszak, 1972Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.
—Reinhold Niebuhr, 1944The highest result of education is tolerance.
—Helen Keller, 1903A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1852Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937