"We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs."

“If shoppers looked at crooked carrots, misshapen potatoes, slightly dinged apples or too-small peaches and thought, wow, that looks delicious, imagine the benefits for struggling farmers.”

Source : "How ugly food can end hunger". Interview with Lauren Lee-Johnson, edition.cnn.com. November 23, 2015.

“I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.”

Source : Last words of Louis XVI of France before he was executed by guillotine, January 21, 1793.

“I think the tree is an element of regeneration which in itself is a concept of time.”

Source : "Art and Politics: A Small History of Art for Social Change Since 1945". Book by Claudia Mesch, 2013.

“Cathedrals are built with pennies of the faithful. A great opera house also is a spiritual center, a temple of sorts, where many gather together for recreation, education, and inspiration - a blessed trinity worthy of public support.”

Source : Eleanor Robson Belmont (1957). “The Fabric of Memory”

“Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.”

Source : FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from May 06, 2010

“My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.”

“I feel like success is really subjective. You could win a school talent show and be like "I was successful", or you could get a Number One in New Zealand and be like "I was successful', or you could win a Grammy and be like "I was successful".”

“I get that you're scared and that you've been hurt. But doing what is easy and safe is no way to live, and a life without passion and love is so far beneath what you deserve.”