"He who accepts the unaltered philosophy of another is as ludicrous as he who donshis neighbor's hat, and infinitely more ridiculous."

“The song of your soul is longing to be sung. Let your own essence express itself freely.”

“If I were an immigrant Latino not born in the US, I could not have written Searching for Whitopia: An Improbably Journey to the Heart of America book. And that is because many of the Whitopians would not have been comfortable talking about their views on immigration, talking about their views on taxes. And they wouldn't have spilled to me the new script on race and poverty as they did.”

Source : "Journey into the Heart of Whiteness". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.

“Dreamers who regard dreams as important and even vital to success in life will receive and remember helpful dreams.”

Source : Patricia Garfield (1995). “Creative Dreaming: Plan And Control Your Dreams To Develop Creativity Overcome Fears Solve Proble”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

“Your heart is as fresh as your face; and that is well. The useless men are those who never change with the years. Many views that I held to in my youth and long afterwards are a pain to me now, and I am carrying away from Thrums memories of errors into which I fell at every stage of my ministry. When you are older you will know that life is a long lesson in humility.”

“Can the existence of a mathematical entity be proved without defining it ?”

“Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.”

Source : "Obama To Young Scientists: ‘Keep Asking Why’" by Sara Bondioli, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 23, 2015.

“Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy.”

“Carmen was bad at loving. She loved too hard.”