Modern people may express outrage at the horrors of the African slave trade or the Holocaust, but in truth the commodification of human beings that made those atrocities possible is more prevalent today than ever before.

True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet sound out of the school of severity and restraint.

Michel de Montaigne

I love writing. It makes me so happy.

Quiara Alegria Hudes

Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.

Jack London

I may not have a degree, but I certainly got an education.

Jodi Picoult

People don't change their behavior unless it makes a difference for them to do so.

Fran Tarkenton

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.

Virginia Woolf

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

Thomas Alva Edison

Corporations, consumers, and citizens must begin acting in concert to create a powerful third pillar of social transformation if we hope to meet the social challenges we currently face with equal force. This begins with corporations that choose to alter how they practice capitalism in two ways to serve the greater good.

Simon Mainwaring

Train everyone lavishly, you can't overspend on training.

Thomas J. Peters

Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'.

Steven Morrissey

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

Maya Angelou

We’re just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people — as remarkable as the telephone.

Steve Jobs