"Every one expects to go further than his father went; every one expects to be better than he was born and every generation has one big impulse in its heart - to exceed all the other generations of the past in all the things that make life worth living."

-- William Allen White

#Father Quotes #Heart Quotes #Past Quotes

“There was a while when I was feeling like, 'Damn, if I'd just been born black, I would not have to go through all this'.”
“I was no hero. The dearest wishes of my heart were for safety and tranquility. The world was a perilous place, wrong for the likes of me.”
“There is no need to make spirituality a part of education. If you make education non-imposing and non-suppressive, people are naturally spiritual.”
“First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I want to clarify that one doesn't need to be a scientist or have fancy college degrees to know the truth about the health of our children, our communities, and the planet. Community members generally know far more about the health of their own communities than visiting "experts," yet that knowledge is often discredited because of another story that we tell ourselves: "real" education happens [only] in the halls of universities.”
“Grace! 'tis a charming Sound, Harmonious to my Ear! Heav'n with the Echo shall resound, And all the Earth shall hear.”

Source : Philip Doddridge, Job ORTON (1793). “Hymns ... Published from the author's manuscript by Job Orton. The seventh edition”, p.249
“Far away is far away only if you don't go there.”
“In a properly automated and educated world, then, machines may prove to be the true humanizing influence. It may be that machines will do the work that makes life possible and that human beings will do all the other things that make life pleasant and worthwhile”

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