“It's easy for me to understand that I contain multitudes, but rather than understanding that of other people, too often I imagine them as merely sick or merely poor or merely 'them' to some 'us' that includes me.”— John Green, youtube.com
“We often associate reading and writing with humanness, but there are many people who can't read or write, and often, they're marginalized people, the people whose humanity most needs to be acknowledged.”— John Green, youtube.com
“I believe that we confer personhood upon each other through empathy and compassion and trust.”— John Green, youtube.com
“I believe that when we acknowledge each other's consciousness and complexity, we lead better lives and feel less alone in our grief and our joy.”— John Green, youtube.com
“I believe that we're human because we believe in each other's humanness, and because we can listen, and we can work together to alleviate each other's suffering. And in that sense, I guess being human is both something that we are and something we must always aspire to be.”— John Green, youtube.com
“When I was young, I was taught that the trick to dominating language was breaking it down, convincing that it was worthless; I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you; See? Nothing.”— Phil Kaye, youtube.com
“The only difference between something being vitally important, and not important at all, is whether or not you believe it is.”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“If you can't find the reason for the change that is tied to your own well-being, and your own mental health, you probably shouldn't be doing it.”— Chelsea Fagan, youtube.com
“Motivation that depends on other people will never give us what we need to continue. Because even if we do get other's approval, it will never feel nearly as good as our own quality of life.”— Chelsea Fagan, youtube.com
“Things don't have to be exceptional for them to be good and for them to be lovely experiences for the people who make them and for the people who enjoy them.”— Hank Green, youtube.com
“I think that it takes tremendous courage to do things that are worth doing rather than, like, worrying over whether you’re going to be celebrated for having done them.”— John Green, youtube.com
“I'm here to tell you finding your purpose isn't enough. The challenge for our generation is creating a world where everyone has a sense of purpose.”— Mark Zuckerberg, facebook.com
“Everything I do is for a reason. And I don't know what that reason is. Everything I do is for a reason, and I know none of them. Everything makes sense, and the sense is hidden from me.”— Joseph Fink, amazon.com
“She understood the world and her place in it. She understood nothing. The world and her place in it were nothing and she understood that.”— Joseph Fink, amazon.com
“You have to suffer through this emptiness... and find what impels you to continue.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com
“I'm hoping what all sentient beings hope... that somehow I'm part of something larger than myself, in which I play a role, an actual role that is somehow intended and meaningful.”— Anne Rice, amazon.com