"In this age of censorship, I mourn the loss of books that will never be written, I mourn the voices that will be silenced-writers' voices, teachers' voices, students' voices-and all because of fear."

-- Judy Blume

#Teacher Quotes #Book Quotes #Loss Quotes

“Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.”

Source : Walter Bagehot (1973). “Literary studies”
“When Malcolm X was assassinated I was working at the Apollo. They brought his body to the Unity Funeral Home, which was around the corner.”
“It is my firm belief that the infinite and uncontrollable fury of nuclear weapons should never be held in the hands of any mere mortal ever again, for any reason.”

Source : Ezra Taft Benson, Carlisle Bargeron (1956). “Farmers at the Crossroads”
“Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.”

Source : "Ellen Page Joins HRCF's Time to Thrive Conference". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. February 14, 2014.
“This president's committed to taking steps to move the Middle East peace process forward, to bringing the two parties to the table to negotiate a lasting peace. That is the only way that a two-state solution can be achieved that provides the security that Israel deserves and needs and the sovereignty that the Palestinian people seek.”
“Love is the most ethically consistent experience, because selfishness and altruism no longer seem opposed or in conflict.”

Source : Peter R. Breggin, M.D. (2015). “Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the "New Psychiatry"”, p.499, St. Martin's Griffin
“The self is not a thing, but a process.”

Source : Thomas Metzinger (2010). “The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self”, p.208, Basic Books
“God will keep His promises to you as you honor your covenants with Him.”

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