[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil.

'Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Walt Whitman

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.

Thomas Paine

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.

Soren Kierkegaard

No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

Scott Turow

I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.

Bob Seger

But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc.

Bob Geldof

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.

Sudie Back

There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.

Peter Garrett

When I got married in my twenties, I had a happy marriage and happy kids but at some point in time I let it go off the rails I let it go off the rails.

Stuart Rose

I've had to calm down, I have a kid! It is amazing. It's the best thing ever. Nothing better than it.

Kevin Pietersen