Theres a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be good, to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community. – Orson Scott Card

Let there be a small country with few people . . .
Though neighboring communities overlook one another and the crowing of cocks and barking of dogs can be heard,
Yet the people there may grow old and die without ever visiting one another. – Lao-Tzu

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. – John W. Gardner