People don’t do things that don’t make sense. If someone does something that appears to be irrational or doesn’t make any sense, it’s because part of their context is missing. Mick Everett, author of Memoirs Of A Homeless Bookstore Owner   This quote helped put me on the path…

  As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison. Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) Former President of South Africa and apartheid activist For me the reason this quote is…

  Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience. Alex Steffen: Futurist, author of Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century “What is really…

In 1835, almost 200 years ago as part of his play Paracelsus, Robert Browning wrote: Man is not man as yet, Nor shall I deem his object served, his end Attained, his genuine strength put fairly forth, While only here and there a star dispels The darkness. Here and there…

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping Tom to install your window blinds. John Perry Barlow Founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation “John Perry Barlow (1947-2018) was well known around the world in certain circles. He was a lyricist for the Grateful Dead and wrote many…

  Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. Patrick Henry (1736-1799) American founding father and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia There is no God but reality, to seek him elsewhere is the action of the fall. Unknown mystical group “I have to give you two quotes, back to back, because…

The future is dark. But what if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb but the darkness of the womb? What if our America is not dead but is a country that is waiting to be born? What if the story of America is one long labor? What…

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Anonymous   “This anonymous quote was given to me on a little metal plaque years ago and I always keep it above my desk. It’s something I’ve kept in mind no matter what. It doesn’t matter if you don’t…

Imagination has a way of lighting on the truth that reason does not have. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish poet, dramatist, statesman Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics A great…

Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied? Shantideva (685 AD – 763 AD, India) 8th-century Indian philosopher, Buddhist monk “This favorite quote is from the great Shantideva and is often quoted by…