"We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes."

-- Elizabeth Dole

#Purpose Quotes #Used Quotes #Force Quotes

“It may be -- I hope it is -- redemption to guess and perhaps perceive that the universe, the hell which we see for all its beauty, vastness, majesty, is only part of a whole which is quite unimaginable.”
“There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children”
“I've always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures, and each item always had a tale attached.”
“Truthless times need timeless truths.”
“People say, "I have heart disease," not "I am heart disease." Somehow the presumption of a person's individuality is not compromised by those diagnostic labels. All the labels tell us is that the person has a specific challenge with which he or she struggles in a highly diverse life. But call someone "a schizophrenic" or "a borderline" and the shorthand has a way of closing the chapter on the person. It reduces a multifaceted human being to a diagnosis and lulls us into a false sense that those words tell us who the person is, rather than only telling us how the person suffers.”
“There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.”
“Schools learned long ago that the way to keep children from thinking is to keep them busy.”

Source : Everett Reimer (1971). “School is dead: an essay on alternatives in education”, Not Avail
“If you're dreaming of being a great soloist, walking on stage, receiving ovations night after night, having money thrown at you, girls chasing after you and your beautiful picture - that's wonderful. But what exactly does that have to do with the practice of music?”

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