"'Human history, ' H.G. Wells once wrote, 'becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.' You and I cannot be indifferent to the outcome of that race. We care deeply about the winner. Because we do care so deeply about the winner, that is why we are all in the East Room of the White House today."

-- Lyndon B. Johnson

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“Pedagogy, like language itself, can either liberate or imprison ideas, inspire of suffocate constructive thinking.”
“I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there.”

Source : "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hannah Simone". www.esquire.com. April 23, 2012.
“Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.”
“Fear is prophetical of evil.”
“All of us heal in time. The strongest are born again. We only keep the scars we choose to keep.”

Source : "Enchanted". Book by Alethea Kontis, 2012.
“In one equation you can solve all the puzzles of life. It is the equation of giving.”
“What have you come to Earth for?' 'I'm having difficulties with a flower,' the little prince said. 'Ah!' said the snake. And they were both silent.”
“Nobody can deny that we have a lot of wars going on; brothers killing brothers; we have a lot of diseases and catastrophes. But on the other hand, we have a majority of individuals, both men and women, who are struggling on a daily basis in a heroic way and the outcome of whose struggle leaves no doubt. This is a struggle whose purpose is not to seize power, and I think the strength of our entire society rests on that struggle.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

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