"Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn."

“Children Learn What They Live”

“Everything is interconnected. My interest is linked to everyone else's. Our survival and future are linked. Therefore the destruction of your so-called enemy is actually the destruction of your self.”

“We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others.”

Source : Deborah Smith (2002). “Alice At Heart”, p.10, BelleBooks

“Hillary Clinton is a tough person. She's diplomatic, and I would've felt safe with her as the president. Now we have an individual who doesn't know the diplomatic process and refuses to learn it. Even President Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again," is a very offensive statement. Only a person who has never studied American history would say "great again." It took us a very long time to get to the progressive nature we're at. We still have a great deal of work to do.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

“We have a broken system, and we need politicians who are going to fix it. We need someone who's going to govern on behalf of everyone in this country, including immigrants. The fact of the matter is, the candidates need the Latino vote to win. If we feel we're not being represented and if we feel like the candidate is insulting us, ignoring us, and is not leading with fairness and empathy, I think that's going to be reflected in turnout.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com

“The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.”

“Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.”

“While working among the little plants of the far places of the world we forget the narrowness of our own orbit.”

Source : Louise Beebe Wilder (1997). “What Happens in My Garden”, Hartley & Marks