Quote Archive

• "Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into selflessness which links us to all humanity."
  (Mary Astor, American actress, 1906 - 1987)
• "Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority."
  (Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561 – 1626)
• "In order to have a conversation with someone you must reveal yourself."
  (James Baldwin, U.S. writer, 1924 - 1987)
• "If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything...that smacks of discrimination or slander."
  (Mary McLeod Bethune, U.S. educator and activist, 1875 - 1955)
• "Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?"
  (Cesar Chavez, U.S. labor rights activist, 1927 - 1993)
• "We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American."
  (Maya Angelou, U.S. writer and actor, 1928 - )
• "Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." (Chief Seattle, leader of Suquamish and Duwamish tribes, 1786 - 1866)
• "I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man." (Sun Bear, Chippewa Tribe)
• "I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value." (I. M. Pei, architect, 1917 - )
• "How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." (Anne Frank, 1929 - 1945)
• "A good discussion increases the dimensions of everyone who takes part." (Randolph Bourne, U.S. writer, 1886 – 1918)
• "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." (John Muir, naturalist and preservationist, 1838 - 1914)
• "I change myself, I change the world." (Gloria Anzaldua, Chicana author, 1942 - 2004)
• "There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference." (Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author, 1832 - 1889)
• "If you are ready to criticize a system, be equally ready to offer assistance to improve it." (Armando Sanchez)
• "In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it." (Marianne Williamson, activist and author, 1952 - )