The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good. —Barbara Grizzuti Harrison More about this quote Tags: evil morality good Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't call me a saint. I don't want to be dismissed that easily. —Dorothy Day More about this quote Tags: attention sainthood Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We should remember that it is easy and foolish to sneer at the mistakes or barbarities of remote ages. —Hermann Hesse More about this quote Tags: history time mistakes perception perspective Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the next voyage of the Mayflower, after she carried the Pilgrims, she was employed in transporting a cargo of slaves from Africa. —Nathaniel Hawthorne More about this quote Tags: history USA slavery irony Mayflower Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both. —Louis D. Brandeis More about this quote Tags: democracy equality inequality USA wealth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't mourn, organize. —Joe Hill More about this quote Tags: change organization mourning Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
May we remember, as we log on, that half the world's people have never used a telephone, and recall, as we chatter, that most of those around us have no chance to speak or move as they choose. May we recall that more than half a million beings live without food, and that as many children live amidst poverty and war. —Pico Iyer More about this quote Tags: technology privilege gratitude memory Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is." —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Tags: happiness nice pleasant Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What is forgiven is usually well remembered. —Louis Dudek More about this quote Tags: memory forgiveness remembering Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving. —Bernard Meltzer More about this quote Tags: love giving generosity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Without the aid of prejudice and custom I should not be able to find my way across the room. —William Hazlitt More about this quote Tags: prejudice accomplishment help custom Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The saying "Getting there is half the fun" became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines. —Henry J. Tillman More about this quote Tags: culture airlines traveling Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. —Jane Austen More about this quote Tags: silliness sensible Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you have any doubts that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names. —Elaine Gill More about this quote Tags: history power feminism men quotation gender names Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men. —John Henry Newman More about this quote Tags: love friendship men exercise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email