Quotations Set 11
- I'd almost say hope isn't what it used to be. It's very difficult today to be a teacher. I speak to children. And tell them, look, no matter what, you must have hope. You must. When I invoke Camus, who said when there is no hope, you must invent hope. . .hope is something that is not what God gives us. It's like peace. It's a gift that one can give to one another. Only another person can push me to despair. And only another person can push me to hope. It’s my choice. - Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize-winner and Holocaust Survivor
- The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one. - Brooks Atkinson, American drama critic (1894-1984)
- If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military. - President Truman (1884-1972)
- A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew th' facts iv th' case. - Finley Peter Dunne, American humorist (1867-1936)
- No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. - John Donne, poet (1573-1631)
- A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. - Charles Evans Hughes, jurist (1862-1948)
- Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?" - Bertrand Russell, English philosopher and mathematician (1872-1970)
- If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave. - Cato, Roman statesman and historian (234 B.C.-149 B.C.)
- The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other. - Marya Mannes, American author-journalist (1904-1990)
- It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. - James Thurber, American humorist (1894-1961)
- May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)
- If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. - Rachel Carson, American biologist (1907-1964)
- A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. - Wilson Mizner, American playwright (1876-1933)
- To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. - Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)
- If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living. - Jewish Proverb
- You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity. - Thomas Wolfe, novelist (1900-1938)
- Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. - Paulo Freire, educator
(1921-1997)
- To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers - or both." - Elizabeth Charles, British writer (1828-1896).
- The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. - James Baldwin, American author (1924-1987).
- To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard, American author and publisher (1856-1915).
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