The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. – Walt Whitman
I dont know why, its the same reason why you like some music and you dont like others. Theres something about it that you like. Ultimately I dont find its in my best interests to try and analyze it, since its fundamentally emotional. – Jerry Garcia
The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Dont wait until youre on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live. – Morrie Schwartz
Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe. – Alfred North Whitehead, address delivered to the Training College Association of
Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard. – Robertson Davies
