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Justice is the grammar of things. Mercy is the poetry of things.
—Frederick Buechner

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
—Plutarch

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
—Charles Dickens

It is only with one’s heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.
—Denis Johnson

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
—William Shakespeare (As You Like It, V. i.)

Playfulness can get you out of a rut more successfully than seriousness.
—Edwin Friedman

Excellence doesn’t require perfection.
—Henry James

The search for someone to blame is always successful.
~ Robert Half

The only ones who will be really happy are those who found how to serve.
~ Albert Schweitzer