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The church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963
Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.: Madeleine L'engle (1918 - ), her novel-- "A Ring of Endless Light"
Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.: Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.: Diane Arbus (1923 - 1971), (1923-1971)
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Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and the grace, Which fools neglect; so that we find, If all the requisites are join'd, From whence a perfect joke must spring, A joke's a very serious thing.: Charles Churchill, "The Ghost", 1762, Book IV, lines 1379-1387
[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), The Mysterious Stranger, chapter 10 (1916)
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.: Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)
All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.: Ellen Goodman (1941 - )
You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you can’t teach someone who writes columns to care.: Ellen Goodman (1941 - )
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.": George Carlin (1937 - 2008)

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