Quotes

Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. — Victor Hugo

You can’t fire teachers and cruise missiles at the same time. — Jon Stewart

We may congratulate ourselves that this cruel [civil] war is nearing its end. It has cost a vast amount of treasure and blood. . . . It has indeed been a trying hour for the Republic; but I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless. — President Abraham Lincoln

The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. The banking powers are more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. They denounce as public enemies all who question their methods or throw light upon their crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe. — President Abraham Lincoln

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. — Friedrich Nietzsche

He who has a strong enough why can bear almost any how. — Friedrich Nietzsche

The key issues are those that are close to you, geographically as well as spiritually. If someone says, "I want to change the world. Where do I go?" I answer: "Stay right where you are. Don’t run away. Dig in." — Pete Seeger

The rose, it knows no why It blooms because it blooms It looks not on itself Asks not if you can see it — Meister Eckhart

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds. — Hebrews 10:24

Compete with one another in good works. To God you shall all return and He will tell you [the truth] about that which you have been disputing. — The Qur’an, Surah Ma’idah, 48