"Many people find it easy to imagine unseen webs of malevolent conspiracy in the world, and they are not always wrong. But there is also an innocence that conspires to hold humanity together, and it is made of people who can never fully know the good that they have done."

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Source : Tracy Kidder (1989). “Among School Children”, p.320, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Tracy Kidder

#People Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Together Quotes

“If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built.”

Source : "Bridging the gap between environmental and social justice" by Lauren Rabaino, mustangnews.net. April 4, 2008.
“I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture.”
“One pound of uranium is worth about 3 million pounds worth of coal or oil.”
“I thought if I can do something more playful and light like my play BEYOND THERAPY, it might be a money maker. I think one of the reasons BEYOND THERAPY has legs - it's been very successful for me around the country - is because it's a friendly play, rather sunny.”
“Everest is regarded as one of, if not the most challenging of human conquests. I was passionate about climbing and a great believer that one should always challenge their own perception of where their boundaries lie. Everest seemed like an irrational challenge for an Egyptian, so I embraced it wholeheartedly. This feeling grew stronger when I realized that no Egyptian had attempted, let alone stood, on the roof of the world. The desire and pride of representing my country and raising the Egyptian flag on the highest points on earth has been with me ever since.”
“I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are”
“In Africa it's difficult to carry the money, it's difficult to have a banking system with tellers, with distribution of cash. So they are using their mobile phones.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“Cruelty is, in theory, a perfectly adequate ground for divorce, but it may be interpreted so as to become absurd.”

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