I exist not to be loved and admired, but to love and act. It is not the duty of those around me to love me. Rather, it is my duty to be concerned about the world, about man.
~ Janusz Korczak ~
For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.
~ Elizabeth Blackwell ~
If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.
~ Rumi ~
I am not the man I once was. I do not want to go back in time, to be the second son, the second man.
~ Vasco da Gama ~
People trample over flowers, yet only to embrace a cactus.
~ James Joyce ~
In my heart I mean well. But if you help me to grow, then what I have in my heart will begin to show.
~ DMX ~
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.
~ Blaise Pascal ~
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
~ Plutarch ~
Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things.
~ Michelangelo ~
