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“To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.”
Source : Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.314, Transaction Publishers
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“He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.”
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“Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements.”
Source : "Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh". Book by Bahá'u'lláh, reference.bahai.org. 1978. 
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“And just because you have colleges and universities doesn't mean you have education.”
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“Remember that veganism is a compassionate lifestyle not a punitive religion. Enjoy it! And if the going gets rough, it's better to relax the rules occasionally than to give up the game entirely.”
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“I need [Beijing's] trust in order to develop universal suffrage. The more suspicions being expressed, the more difficulty we'll have in moving towards the final destination.”
Source : "Tsang to Hit Ground Running on Universal Suffrage". www.scmp.com. January 25, 2007.
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“I had very good eyes once. Though it's another thing to say what I saw. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.”
Source : Anna Funder (2012). “All That I Am: A Novel”, p.10, Harper Collins
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“One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of the mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.”
