"The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people."

-- Helen Keller

#Compassion Quotes #Air Quotes #People Quotes

“And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.”

Source : Interview with Brian Wise, www.elviscostello.info. April 10, 2004.
“A Jesuit once wrote a note to Father Arrupe, his superior general, asking him about the relative value of communism, socialism and capitalism. Father Arrupe gave him a lovely reply. He said, "A system is about as good or as bad as the people who use it." People with golden hearts would make capitalism or communism or socialism work beautifully.”
“From what has been said, it would appear that the possibility of thyroid deficiency should be considered, and if found, should be treated in any woman with a menstrual abnormality or a reproductive problem. It was generally agree that correction of thyroid deficiency solved many such abnormalities and problems - until about 1940.”
“I didn't spend money on nothin'. Besides my daughter, bucket hats, and weed.”
“A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.”
“The teachers are everywhere. What is wanted is a learner.”

Source : Wendell Berry (2010). “What Are People For?: Essays”, p.13, Counterpoint Press
“The artist is a vessel for creativity. He has the key to the door of a very special place, which he can open at will. He doesn't paint but is painted through.”
“It brings joy in sorrow, victory in battle, light to darkness, life to the dead. That is the power of the blood-red jewel which men honor with the name "The Philosopher's Stone.”

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