"Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one among the crowds, and in opposition to it - a tone of mind which will gradually win influence over the collective one, and in the end determine its character. Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals."

-- Albert Schweitzer

#Integrity Quotes #Character Quotes #Independent Quotes

“The picture is like a prayer, an offering, and hopefully an opening through which to seek what we don't know, or already know and should take seriously.”
“Drawing is the representation of form - the graphic expression of a visual experience.”
“Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.”
“We talked about nothing in particular, but it felt like we were talking about the most important things...”
“Just keep it simple. When you over-think what you're wearing, that's when wardrobe malfunctions tend to happen.”
“I get a little angry about this highhanded scrapping of the look of things. What else have we to go by? How else can the average person form an opinion of a girl's sense of values or even of her chastity except by the looks of her conduct?”

Source : Margaret Culkin Banning (1936). “Letters to Susan”
“Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.”
“One amino acid does not a protein make-let alone a being.”

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