#ate

Indeed, it's not a stretch to say that most voters no longer choose their representatives; instead, representatives choose their voters. ↗

— Barack Obama

#dreams

The woman of her dreams went into her arms without shame or awkwardness as the boldness of Love overcame them both. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#soulmates #dreams

Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing. ↗

— Barry Finlay

#africa #clean-water #climbing #education #inspirational

It is notorious that the news of the Emancipation Proclamation was kept from the people of Texas and not celebrated until 'Juneteenth'. There may be those in Texas now who believe they can insulate their state—a state that had its own courageous revolution—from the news of evolution and from the writing in 1786 of a Constitution that refuses to mention religion except when demarcating and limiting its role in the public square. But we promise them today that they will join their fore-runners in the flat-earth community, and in the mad clerical clique of those who believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Yes, they will be in schoolbooks—as a joke on the epic scale of William Jennings Bryan. We shall be fair, and take care to ensure that their tale is told. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#education #religion #texas #united-states #william-jennings-bryan

Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever. ↗

— Louis L'Amour

#education #life-lessons #literacy #literate-culture #reading

Fate is just another word for people's choices coming to a head. Destiny, coincidence, whatever you name it. It inevitably lies in our hands. ↗

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

#fate #destiny

A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#fate #destiny

Knowledge is Power, Power provides Information; Information leads to Education, Education breeds Wisdom; Wisdom is Liberation. People are not liberated because of lack of knowledge. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#education #ignorance #ignorant-people #information #information-is-liberation

Causes do matter. And the world is changed by people who care deeply about causes – about things that matter. We don’t have to be particularly smart or talented. We don’t need a lot of money or education. All we really need is to be passionate about something important; something bigger than ourselves. And it’s that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#cause #causes #changing-the-world #commitment #commitments

If we marry we stay too poor to educate, and when we educate, it would be too late to enjoy the life. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#enjoy #life #marry #poor #education