[He] had somehow grown up with a belief that unfairness was to be, not endured, but corrected. So when he saw injustice, he corrected it

Children are resilient. No matter how they are battered, they have a way of thriving

He thought he was miserable, but he would look back on this as the happiest of times

[She] learned that justice could be cruel, and crueler yet necessity, but mercy was the cruelest thing of all. That would be useful to her

Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of existence, but about the…

Trust your doubt. Always fight for your beliefs. That is the path beyond thought.

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.