"The history of any nation is not only a succession of events, but also a chain of ideas."

“Immoderate power, like other intemperance, leaves the progeny weaker and weaker, until nature as in compassion covers it with her mantle and it is seen no more.”

“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferrals of information”

Source : Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.57, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

“America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies.”

“These early decisions can foreclose many opportunities to reshape the patterns of development in a community so as to make it better and safer by reducing vulnerability to future disasters.”

“I adore Life. What do all the fools matter and all the stupidity. They do matter but somehow for me they cannot touch the body of Life. Life is marvellous. I want to be deeply rooted in it - to live - to expand - to breathe in it - to rejoice - to share it. To give and to be asked for Love.”

Source : Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan, Margaret Scott (1984). “The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: 1919-1920”, Oxford University Press, USA

“Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.”

Source : Interview with Patrick B. Anderson, lacrossetribune.com. March 30, 2012.

“Love is the social equivalent of gravity.”

“Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.”