It is important we never be a spectator to unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence.

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"It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends."

- Christopher Hitchens

Awareness

"Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God."

- Christopher Hitchens

Awareness

"The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up."

- Christopher Hitchens

Personal Growth

"A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that."

- Christopher Hitchens

Personal Growth

"The fact is: It’s true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it."

- Christopher Hitchens

Aspirations

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"We have raised the bar. … But that doesn’t raise it just for the youth. That raises it for the parents, who have the primary responsibility for teaching their children principles. That raises it for the leaders. That raises it for the teachers. We’ve all got to take a step up in a world that is unraveling as fast as this one is."

- President M. Russell Ballard

Responsibility

"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."

- Unknown

Responsibility

"Life comes at a cost. Wouldn’t it be arrogant to die before you’ve repaid that debt?"

- Yuuji Kazami

Responsibility

"You can’t win a game by doing nothing. And if someone else wins it for you then you haven’t accomplished anything. Life is the same way."

- Junichirou Kagami

Responsibility

"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."

- John F. Kennedy

Responsibility