"Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves."

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Eric Hoffer

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“A maiden's first kiss cometh hard, yea, it is as the first olive out of a bottle, requiring much skill; but the rest are easy.”
“We are each other’s angels, we meet when it is time.”

Source : "We Are Each Other’s Angels". Song by Chuck Brodsky, 1994.
“In a world rife with unsolicited messages, typography must often draw attention to itself before it will be read. Yet in order to be read, it must relinquish the attention it has drawn. Typography with anything to say therefore aspires to a kind of statuesque transparency. It's other traditional goal is durability: not immunity to change, but a clear superiority to fashion. Typography at its best is a visual form ofÂ languageÂ linking timelessness and time.”

Source : "The Elements of Typographic Style". Book by Robert Bringhurst, www.theguardian.com. 1992.
“the right line of conduct is the same for both sexes, though the manner in which it is pursued, may somewhat vary, and be accommodated to the strength or weakness of the different travelers.”
“Good-humor is allied to generosity, ill-humor to meanness.”
“Communication is a science as well as an art. What does speaking precisely mean? You are consciously communicating with another person at that person's frequency, not yours.”
“So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20).”
“The social pressure from friend and acquaintance to collude, to not notice racism, can be quite powerful.”

Source : Beverly Daniel Tatum (1997). “"Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations about Race”, Basic Books

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