"Humankind can't stand too much reality." — Thomas Stearns Eliot

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• Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. — John Adams
• A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as… — John Adams
• No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. — Theodore Bikel
• In retrospect, the Millennium marked only a moment in time. It was the events of September 11 that marked a… — Tony Blair
• To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would… — Napoleon Bonaparte
• Going to Mars would evolve humankind into a two-planet species. — Buzz Aldrin
• The real wealth, not only of America, but of the world, is in the resources of the ground we stand… — Norman Cousins
• I am a man who perceives life in a certain way, a man who rejects things that defecate on humankind,… — Harry Belafonte
• Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The… — Frank Herbert
• Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the… — Gary Snyder
• I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and,… — Sylvia Earle
• I hazard the guess that man will be ultimately known for a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independent denizens. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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