#lit

One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#her #history #little #make #makes

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#blitz #brought #deal #did #great

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future. ↗

— Gifford Pinchot

#future #great #make #only #our

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality. ↗

— Pindar

#childhood #graceful #honorable #immortality #old

As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#clones #commitment #empirical #equality #many

By exploring the political and moral colorings of discoveries about what makes us tick, we can have a more honest science and a less fearful intellectual milieu. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#discoveries #exploring #fearful #honest #intellectual

I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#arts #believe #confusion #elite #endeavor

People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#because #claims #clash #connections #empirical

Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage? ↗

— Steven Pinker

#baggage #down #emotional #empirical #how

I would encourage anybody struggling with their sexuality to go with their heart. If it's not an appropriate time, there will be one later. Never, ever try to rush into anything - do it in your own time. ↗

— Danny Pintauro

#anything #appropriate #appropriate time #encourage #ever