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“Cursing the darkness only delays the dawn.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

"Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense—the creative act."           - Kenneth Rexroth ...

"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform." - Susan B. Anthony ...

“Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.” ― Meister Eckhart ...

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard Shaw ...

"When I was young, I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Cato began at the age of eighty to learn Greek. I am amazed no longer. Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they ...

“We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all citizens, whatever their background. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

"If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else." - Douglas Adams ...

"The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the less sorry others will feel for us. People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves." - Gerald Brenan ...

"Nothing makes a woman look so old as desperately trying to look young." - Coco Chanel ...