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Traditions should not be maintained just because they were traditions. Strength was not strength if it had no purpose or direction.

He preferred to let experience, instead of rumor, rule him.

You will march alongside those who spurned you, or hurt you, or hated you. But we are stronger than our weaknesses. We shall stand. We will become one again. Our divisions will be forgotten in the face of our victories.

owing to her being a vessel of emotions rather than reasons, she could not get on.

What was comedy to them was tragedy to her and she could hardly bear their mirth.

Every day, every hour, brought to him one more little stroke of her nature, and to her one more of his.

awaited new knowledge of each other's character and mood without attempting to pry into each other's history.

was ever in the habit of neglecting the particulars of an outward scene for the general impression.

In a world where damage is inevitable, nothing is more precious than a healer.

when men are employ'd, they are best content'd; for on the days they worked they were goodnatur'd and cheerful, and, with the consciousness of having done a good day's work, they spent the evening jollity; but on our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome, finding fault, and in continual ill-humor.

in the course of my observation, these disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

'He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.'

In the conduct of my newspaper, I carefully excluded all libelling and personal abuse, which is of late years become so disgraceful to our country.

it being more difficult for a man in want, to act always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs, it is hard for an empty sack to stand up-right.

And to this habit (after my chart of integrity) I think it principally owing that I had early so much weight with my fellow-citizens when I proposed new institutions, or alterations in the old, and so much influence in public councils when I became a member; for I was but a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct in language, and yet I generally carried my points.

And this mode, which I at first put on with some violence to natural inclination, became at length so easy, and so habitual to me, that perhaps for these fifty years past no one has ever heard a dogmatical expression escape me.

I soon found the advantage of this change in my manner; the conversations I engaged in went on more pleasantly. The modest way in which I propos'd my opinions procur'd them a readier reception and less contradiction; I had less mortification when I was found to be in the wrong, and I more easily prevail'd with others to give up their mistakes and join with me when I happened to be in the right.

When another asserted something that I thought an error, I deny'd myself the pleasure of contradicting him abruptly, and of showing immediately some absurdity in his proposition; and in answering I began by observing that in certain cases or circumstances his opinion would be right, but in the present case there appear'd or seemed to me some difference, etc.

I made a rule to forbear all direct contradiction to the sentiments of others. I forbid myself the use of every word or expression in the language that imported a fix'd opinion, such as certainly, undoubtedly, etc., and I adopted instead of them, I conceive, I apprehend, or I imagine a thing to be so, or so it appears to me at present.

'Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.' - Leonard Cohen

close attachments between people from different groups can puncture holes in stereotypic beliefs and negative attitudes.

close attachments between people from different groups can puncture holes in stereotypic beliefs and negative attitudes.

When someone seems foreign or unfamiliar or unpredictable, your gut reactions prepare you to be wary. That is when out-group bias can surface instinctively.

Her white classmates could hear about that scene and hold it at a distance. They can say, 'Oh, this is horrible, but I'm not going to let it affect me.' But that's not really a choice that I feel like I have.'

Her white classmates could hear about that scene and hold it at a distance. They can say, 'Oh, this is horrible, but I'm not going to let it affect me.' But that's not really a choice that I feel like I have.'

Her white classmates could hear about that scene and hold it at a distance. They can say, 'Oh, this is horrible, but I'm not going to let it affect me.' But that's not really a choice that I feel like I have.'

Being reminded of an 'increasingly diverse racial landscape' leads some to feel that discrimination against whites is on the rise, and to endorse more politically conservative views and policies.

The changing status of whites in America is tinder for the fire of white nationalism. When whites are the mainstream and everyone else the 'others,' things feel safe and comfortable for [them.] But by the middle of this century, white people are likely to be a minority in this country. Feeling outnumbered can signal a threat. That can seed fear and resentment, which can fuel desperate measures to reclaim primacy.

The changing status of whites in America is tinder for the fire of white nationalism. When whites are the mainstream and everyone else the 'others,' things feel safe and comfortable for [them.] But by the middle of this century, white people are likely to be a minority in this country. Feeling outnumbered can signal a threat. That can seed fear and resentment, which can fuel desperate measures to reclaim primacy.

More students rate themselves'liberal' today than at any time since 1973.