"It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action."

-- Marian Wright Edelman

#Greatness Quotes #Greed Quotes #Action Quotes

“Forever continue to love, heal and educate the children. The future shines on them.”
“We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.”

Source : Hypatia ch. 4 (1925)
“Class envy is dangerous.”
“Human attention, in the best of circumstances, is a fluid but fragile entity. Beyond a certain threshold, the more that is asked of it, the less well it performs. When this happens in a psychological experiment, it is interesting. When it happens in traffic, it can be fatal.”
“Another thing rappers, I admire your rebellious spirit, but materialism is a form of mental slavery. Slow down on the jewelry, pick up a book.”
“When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about”
“When I think about the stuff I turned down it's kind of insane.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“During the long ages of class rule, which are just beginning to cease, only one form of sovereignty has been assigned to all men--that, namely, over all women. Upon these feeble and inferior companions all men were permitted to avenge the indignities they suffered from so many men to whom they were forced to submit.”

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