Erica Maples

“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.”
― T.S. Eliot, The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism

“Culture is the endeavour to know the best and to make this knowledge prevail for the good of all humankind.”
― Matthew Arnold

“Culture, the acquainting ourselves with the best that has been known and said in the world, and thus with the history of the human spirit.”
― Matthew Arnold

“And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night