You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

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"Looking back at your life, you will realize that love was the answer to everything."

- Ray Bradbury

Love

"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them."

- Ray Bradbury

Awareness

"Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows' Eve."

- Ray Bradbury

Awareness

"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future."

- Ray Bradbury

Awareness

"Evil has only the power that we give it."

- Ray Bradbury

Belief

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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