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“The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk.”
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“I believe that where the love of God is perfected and the true spirit of government watchfully attended to, a tenderness toward all creatures will be experienced, and a care felt in us that we do not lessen that sweetness of life in the animal creation which the Great Creator intends for them under our government.”
Source : John Woolman (1837). “A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences, of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman”, p.171
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“We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own – indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process.”
Source : Wangari Maathai's Nobel lecture at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2004. 
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“You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.”
Source : "Carolyn Hax Live: Hootenanny of Holiday Horrors 2015". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. December 11, 2015.
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“For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.”
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“The fact that only humans above a certain age can be morally virtuous, rather than babies or cats, means that that being moral requires some cognitive ability. If virtue is about desires, it is worth remembering that you can't desire some things without being able to conceive of them. Suppose a virtuous person will desire to make people happy and desire to tell the truth. You can't desire to make people happy without having the concept "happy" and you can't desire to be truthful if you don't have have the concept "lie", so a cat or a baby cannot desire these things.”
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“It is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure.”
Source : James Kern Feibleman (1978). “New proverbs for our day”, Horizon House Pubs
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“It's sad but true that if you focus your attention on housework and meal preparation and diapers, raising children does start to look like drudgery pretty quickly. On the other hand, if you see yourself as nothing less than your child's nurturer, role model, teacher, spiritual guide, and mentor, your days take on a very different cast.”
