· “When a man writes his autobiography he is expected to show a certain modesty, but when a nation writes its autobiography there is no limit to its boasting and vainglory”-Bertrand Russell in Skeptical Essays Free thought and official propaganda on national glorification in school text books of history
· “The past should be a springboard, not a hammock”- Ivern Ball
· “To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting”- Stanislaus I
· “We do not remember days; we remember moments ”- Cesare Pavese in The Burning Brand
· “Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back or a fool from any side”- Yiddish proverb
· “Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with”- Peter Marshall
· “Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege than the raising of the next generation”-C. Everett Koop, MD
· “We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine”- Eduardo Galeano’s The Book of Embraces
· “Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man”- Louis Nizer
· “Children aren’t happy with nothing to ignore. And that’s what parents were created for”- Ogden Nash
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