ways

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

John Adams

life

People can start out one way, and by the time life gets through with them they end up completely different.

Sue Monk Kidd

learning

A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.

Douglas Adams

societies

Societies die when cruelty masquerades as common sense.

Moustafa Bayoumi

listen

You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head.

Matt Groening

exclude

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.

St. Francis of Assisi

live

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Stephen Covey

few

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

William Morris

light

There are no dark times, only light we cannot see.

E. Ethelbert Miller

dangerous

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Martin Luther King, Jr

don't

Don't feel sorry for yourself, only assholes do that.

Haruki Murakami

fools

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

Nelson Mandela

power

Our power ends precisely where our fear begins.

Melissa Etheridge

friend

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

Jim Morrison

dream

Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?

Edgar Allan Poe

culture

You know, culture needs stewardship, not disruption.

Andrew Sullivan

love

If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax.

Christian Louboutin

change

I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.

Angela Y. Davis

universe

Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.

Rumi

made

All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.

J.M. Barrie, "Peter Pan"

difficult

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

Amelia Earhart

comfortable

If you are comfortable with my oppression, then you are my oppressor.

A. Philip Randolph

dreams

In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal. Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eyes can see...

Robert Hunter

religion

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Albert Einstein

reads

Man is what he reads.

Joseph Brodsky

anxious

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.

Simone de Beauvoir

flowers

More than anything, I must have flowers, always, always.

Claude Monet

die

One had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or a rat in a trap.

Ida B. Wells

things

"Sometimes", he sighed, "I think the things I remember are more real that the things I see."

Arthur Golden

trick

The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.

Charles Baudelaire

begin

And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?

Rumi

worth

Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.

Matshona Dhliwayo

everything

Everything that ever was still is, somewhere.

Tracy K. Smith

heaven

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.

entitled

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts.

Daniel patrick Moynihan

i

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Douglas Adams

words

Words are animals, alive with a will of their own.

C.G. Jung

freedom

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

light

If you wish for the Light, be ready to receive Light.

Rumi

intelligence

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without resentment.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

life

"Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent.
"It's simply a matter of waking up their souls."

Gabriel Garcia Márquex

truth

I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics rather than politics shaping what people think is true.

Neil Degrasse Tyson

mistakes

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in making them.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

humor

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

William Arthur Ward

all

For all that is past, thank you. For all that is future, yes.

Dag Hammarskjold

loses

Our loses in life don't have to define us or constrain us except in the ways we choose. They can make us more exceptional, more deeply caring, moreover we don't have to be made bitter by them.

Jewel

glad

Be glad of life for it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

Henry Van Dyke

risk

Risk something or forever sit with your dreams.

Herb Brooks

depends

The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

Gloria Steinem

truth

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Miguel de Cervantes