Edifying Quotes

“They never saw a thing they liked, they never had a kind word to say and I never stopped listening to them; hence my demise.”
― Gary O. Thompson, Preke Town

“What binds us together is greater than what drives us apart.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“It was not edifying to dwell on the failings of others.”
― Alexander McCall Smith, The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

“But if some of the pieces make you laugh, I will be happy, and if they persuade even one person to try reading Plato who otherwise wouldn't have done so then I will know I have not wasted my time.”
― Manny Rayner, The New Adventures of Socrates: an extravagance