“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell …

“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” — Pablo Picasso …

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein
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“To make democracy work, we must be a notion of participants, not simply observers.” — Louis L’Amour
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“Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.” — Mahatma Gandhi …

Excerpt from Sonali Kolhatkar’s column: “If democracy depends on informed decision making by the public, how information is presented, by whom and with what political bent, naturally shapes policies that affect us all. It is past time that personalities behind the microphones are people we all can relate to.” — Read the entire column at www.truthdig.com. …

“Truth never damages a cause that is just.” — Mahatma Gandhi …

“The most revolutionary act one can engage in is… to tell the truth.” ? Howard Zinn, Marx in Soho: A Play on History …

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” — Ernest Hemingway

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“If you go out into the real world, you cannot miss seeing that the poor are poor not because they are untrained or illiterate but because they cannot retain the returns of their labor. They have no control over capital, and it is the ability to control capital that gives people the power to rise out of poverty.” — Muhammad Yunus …