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George Gurdjieff: Without self knowledge,...

George Gurdjieff: Without self knowledge,...

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

Mary Catherine Bateson: The timing of...

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

Mary Catherine Bateson: ...a disgruntled reflection...

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to...

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Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Mary Catherine Bateson: Sharing is sometimes...

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

Source: In Words of Women...

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Robert Brustein: Theatergoing is a...

Robert Brustein: Theatergoing is a...

Theatergoing is a communal act, moviegoing a solitary one.

Source: Who Needs...

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Robert Brustein: Olivier's idea of...

Robert Brustein: Olivier's idea of...

Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined...

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Mark Hopkins: No revolution that...

Mark Hopkins: No revolution that...

No revolution that has ever taken place in society can be compared to that which has been produced by the words of...

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Gilbert Highet: [B]y taking down...

Gilbert Highet: [B]y taking down...

[B]y taking down one of these volumes and opening it, one can call into range the voice of a man far distant in time...

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Freda Adler: There is another...

Freda Adler: There is another...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke...

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Miguel de Unamuno: We never know,...

Miguel de Unamuno: We never know,...

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Kelly Miller: I see that...

Kelly Miller: I see that...

I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the...

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Horace Mann: It is more...

Horace Mann: It is more...

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die...

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Robert Brustein: The primary function...

Robert Brustein: The primary function...

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve...

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Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Joan L Curcio: Courageous risks are...

Courageous risks are life giving, they help you grow, make you brave and better than you think you...

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Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

Emily James Putnam: But the typical...

But the typical lady everywhere tends to the feudal habit of mind.

Source:...

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Molefi Kete Asante: What could be...

Molefi Kete Asante: What could be...

What could be any more correct for any people than to see with their own eyes?

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The woman who...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: The woman who...

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound...

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Johnnetta Betsch Cole: These young women...

Johnnetta Betsch Cole: These young women...

These young women have had four years of very special space . . . . safe space. But when they graduate, they will...

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Laurence J Peter: There are two...

Laurence J Peter: There are two...

There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never...

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Robert Hayden: We must not...

Robert Hayden: We must not...

We must not be frightened nor cajoled
into accepting evil as deliverance from evil.
We must go on struggling to...

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