Heather Gardner

“People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.”
― Louis Zamperini

“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, The Words of Gandhi: Essential Spiritual Wisdom and Timeless Thoughts on Peace, Nonviolence, and Faith

“Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.”
― Cesar Chavez

“I read my eyes out and can't read half enough...the more one reads the more one sees we have to read.”
― John Adams, Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife