Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope"

Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)

“Oh for a Muse of fire”

William Shakespeare (Henry V)

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”

Victor E. Frankl (Man’s Search for Meaning)

"They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions... but before I can live with other folks, I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."

Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that."

J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone)

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

Anne Frank

"Without stories, we wouldn’t be human beings at all."

(Philip Pullman (The Ruby in the Smoke)

“Promise me you'll always remember that you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)