"As we put into all our schools more humane education, and foster the spirit of justice and kindness toward the "lower" creatures, just as soon shall we reach the roots not only of cruelty but of crime."

-- Miriam A. Ferguson

#Kindness Quotes #School Quotes #Roots Quotes

“What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.”
“Gypsy dance is never just to be dancing. Instead it seems to be a part of an immense and significant non-verbal vocabulary of Gypsy communication and behavior. It is at the heart of an essential transformation, a transcended state, an escape from the realities of their daily lives to a more satisfying state of mind.”
“Everyone wants to know what you want to work on and everyone wants to pitch you what they're working on. And that's just part of the process. And hopefully, at some point you find someone of like minds and you make a film.”
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
“I'm one of the few dumb Jewish doctors.”
“If Broadway was a river running from the top of Manhattan down to the Battery, undulating with traffic and commerce and lights, then the east-west streets were eddies where, leaf-like, one could turn slow circles from the beginning to the ever shall be, world without end.”

Source : Amor Towles (2011). “Rules of Civility: A Novel”, p.84, Penguin
“Traffic congestion is caused by vehicles, not by people in themselves.”
“Whether it is a call to action for blood drives, disaster relief, or just community outreach, the American Red Cross does an extraordinary job at not only meeting the immediate needs of a community, but also the preparation and planning for long-term support,”

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