“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.”  --Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, Dune: House Harkonnen

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."  --

Jane Goodall

"The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake."  -Aristotle

"Aristotle's influential treatise "Nicomachean Ethics" is considered one of the most important philosophical works ever written. In it, the ancient Greek philosopher examines what is good in life and how people should live honorably and ethically. The topic given the most time in the entire treatise is friendship, of which Aristotle saw three kinds. The lowest friendships are those of utility, in which there is no great regard for the other person beyond what they can provide. Then there are friendships of pleasure, in which two people like to be together, but the relationship is often temporary and can end easily. The highest form of friendship exists between good people who are alike in their virtuousness. In this most noble of friendships, both people truly care for each other without seeking anything in return."  --inspiringquotes.com

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."  --Joseph Campbell

"I hold that it is a man’s duty in this life to give to the world the benefit of his experience. All that he sees he should set down exactly as he sees it, and so simply, withal, that to the dullest comprehension the moral involved shall be perfectly obvious."  --John Kendrick Bangs, Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others (1898) 

"When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent."  --Isaac Asimov

"Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say."  --Barbara Kingsolver

"In a 2015 interview, Kingsolver emphasized her passion for helping individuals find their voices. Through listening and processing what’s going on around us — and in other communities — we'll encounter and come up with new ideas, allowing us to advance the conversation [underline/bold me]."  -- inspiringquotes.com