"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
— Voltaire

"All great world movements begin with a little knot of people who, in their individual lives, and in their relations to each other, realize the ideal that is to be...To live truth is better than to utter it. Isaiah would have prophesied in vain, had he not gathered round him a little band of disciples who lived according to his ideal...Again, what would the teachings of Jesus have amounted to had he not collected a body of disciples who made it their life-aim to put his teachings into practice? You will perhaps think I am laying out a mighty task far above your powers and aspirations. It is not so. Every great change in individual and social conditions begins small, among simple, earnest people, face to face with the facts of life. Ask yourselves seriously, 'Why should not the coming change begin with us?'"
— Kevin Baker (Dreamland (P.S.))

"Building is a long and arduous process; blaming others has always been easy and costs nothing. Denial is easy, whereas assuming responsibility is extremely difficult. After all, who wants to look at themselves in the mirror and see the truth? (-'Abd al-Muneim Sa'id)"
— Yoram Meital (Peace In Tatters: Israel, Palestine, And The Middle East)

"The art of diplomacy is to avoid placing yourself in a position where you can be humiliated. (Sergio Vieira de Mello)"
— Samantha Power (Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World)