To innovate is not to reform.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

A poet often lives in an enchanted land where he sees things not with his eyes but with his feelings.

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We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

The transformative power of love is not fully embraced in our society because we often wrongly believe that torment and anguish are our ‘natural’ condition.

Tea is quiet and our thirst for tea is never far from our craving for beauty.

Cities aren't like people; they live on and on, even though their reason for being where they are has gone downriver and out to sea.

I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho, Jeeves.' It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.

In 2056, I think you'll be able to buy T-shirts on which are printed equations describing the unified laws of our universe.

I think it's extremely important to challenge white brothers and sisters and think more systematically and strategically about the whiteness that they possess.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.