History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris
I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. – William Morris
It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last. – William Morris
The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. – William Morris
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. – Elizabeth Gilbert