I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognise.

~ Sarah Grimké ~

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.

~ Nadine Gordimer ~

An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.

~ Joseph McCabe ~

The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, thatknowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.

~ Carl Sagan ~

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.

~ Will Durant ~

Tests are a gift. And great tests are a great gift. To fail the test is a misfortune. But to refuse the test is to refuse the gift, and something worse, more irrevocable, than misfortune.

~ Lois McMaster Bujold ~