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Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities.

Bernard Berenson (1962). “The Bernard Berenson Treasury: A Selection from the Works, Unpublished Writings, Letters, Diaries, and Journals of the Most Celebrated Humanist and Art Historian of Our Times, 1887-1958”

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.64, Penguin

My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.

"Alyson Hannigan Followed Mom Emilie Posner's Advice on Marriage to Alexis Denisof" by nationalledger.com, April 30, 2012.

Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head.

"Shakespeare and me: Zoe Wanamaker" by Shahesta Shaitly, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2012.

When I taught, all my best students were women.

"ZAHA HADID: 'I'm Sure That As A Woman I Can Build A Very Good Skyscraper'" by Vanessa Thrope, www.businessinsider.com. February 20, 2013.

Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.

Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). “The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy”, p.482, Harvard University Press

Your masters at Oxford have taught you to idolize reason, drying up the prophetic capacities of your heart!

Umberto Eco (1995). “Name of the Rose”, p.75, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt