Anger - justifiable anger in the face of oppression and prejudice - should not be mistaken for hatred.

If we refuse to accept knowledge because it frightens us, we will never grow. If we give in to fear, we will never outgrow hatred

Knowledge and education are the key to this human tragedy which is a bonfire of hate fueled by ignorance.

Respect by fear isn't respect... it's fear.

Some people don't like 'different', it makes them scaredOf people who aren't like them, I think that's weird.

People wonder who is who, Everyone is different - even you!

Some people think everyone should be the same as them:Look, dress, sound and act just like them.

Those who deny any group of people human rights are really denying the humanity of that group - and their own.

It' is for objects, not people.

The idea that all people can and should live together in peace is not really a new one - but yet in practice it is very young indeed.

The truth of the world is that in every group you will find some good and some bad people - which is why i am keenly aware that no group is ALL bad, just as no group is ALL good.

A day without someone to hold you or a day without someone to share, is a day easily forgotten.’ - Vera Richardson in Mr Alhourani's Dead Man's Spots

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

If called by a panther Don't anther.

I'm quoting Margaret Thatcher. I quote her frequently.

Like so much of President Obama's decisions over the past six years, this is another photo-op with a compliant press that does not matter and will do little.

Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. With a force mightier than gravity, it attracts the eye to the shimmering red presence in the clear night sky.

Political art never goes away. I started watching The West Wing show recently and I'm actually learning about how the government works in a way. It's kind of embarrassing.

The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.

It would be idle to say that we were not, from time to time, aware that a volcano slumbered fitfully beneath us. There were dark sides to the Slavery Question, for master, as for slave.

Curiosity is a quest for wisdom on untamed grounds.