It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.

Tracy Chapman

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.

Maurice Wagner

There are no ordinary people.

C.S. Lewis

I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families.

Steve Kerr

I like to have a man's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

My dad grew up in a working-class Jewish neighbourhood, and I got a scholarship from my dad's union to go to college. I went there to get an education, not as an extension of privilege.

Ezra Koenig

Integrate purpose into your for-profit business model through a long term commitment to a cause that is aligned with your core values and those of your community.

Simon Mainwaring

I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.

Hamlin Garland

We are linked by blood, and blood is memory without language.

Joyce Carol Oates

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.

Richard Dawkins

Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.

Vartan Gregorian

I could never bear to be buried with people to whom I had not been introduced.

Norman Parkinson