“To positively discriminate in favour of groups that have been negatively discriminated against in the past.”
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”
“A snail could crawl the entire length of the Great Wall of China in 212 years, just slightly longer than the 200 years it will take for women to be equally represented in Parliament.”
“To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.”
“Love doesn’t just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.”
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
“Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul, then the way it treats its children.”
“I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.”
“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.”
