Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

George Santayana

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

John Holmes

Optimism is an expectation of the future, but hope is a way of experiencing the present. Optimism argues with the predictions of cynicism and bitterness, and is often proved wrong. Hope rejects cynicism and bitterness as unhelpful, and is perennially proved right.

Doug Muder

The teacher who awakens and encourages in students a sense of possibility and responsibility is, to me, the ultimate leader.

Stanley McChrystal

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy.

Albert Einstein