Quotes

“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

“I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.” – Neil DeGrasse Tyson

“The story of human intimacy is one of constantly allowing ourselves to see those we love most deeply in a new, more fractured light. Look hard. Risk that.” – Cheryl Strayed

“Everyone behaves badly….Give them a proper chance.” – Ernest Hemingway

“People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” – Nelson Madela

“One is never fortunate or as fortunate as one imagines.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers.” – Susan Sontag

“There is a wisdom of the Head….there is a wisdom of the Heart.” – Charles Dickens

“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” – Carl Sagan

“Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.