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One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is
whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with
the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs
and sufferings of the underpriviliged.
-Richard Hofstadter,
historian (1916-1970)

It always seems impossible until its done.
- Nelson

One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the
necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of
courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear
conscience.
-George Sand [pen name of Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin],
novelist (1804-1876)

A couple of months in the laboratory can save a couple of hours in the library.
-Frank H. Westheimer,
chemistry professor (1912-2007

Harsh words don't break bones, but they do break hearts.
Rev. Run

No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to
comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that
you really understand.
-Jules Verne,
science fiction author
(1828-1905)

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some
poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning,
middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking
the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to
happen next. Delicious ambiguity.
-Gilda Radner
actress and comedian(1946-

One cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in
doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole.
-Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.
-Charles Dickens,
novelist (1812-1870)

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they
invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their
crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.
-Nikos Kazantzakis,
poet and novelist (1883-1957)