“Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.”
“Change begins with understanding and understanding begins by identifying oneself with another person: in a word, empathy. The arts enable us to put ourselves in the minds, eyes, ears and hearts of other human beings.”
| Ann Bancroft, Explorer (1955) |
| Colin Dexter, Novelist (1930) |
| Anita Ekberg, Actress (1931) |
| Erika Eleniak, Actress (1969) |
| Enrico Fermi, Physicist (1901) |
| Greer Garson, Actress (1908) |
| Elizabeth Gaskell, Novelist (1810) |
| Julia Gillard, Statesman (1961) |
| Gwen Ifill, Journalist (1955) |
| Mohammad Khatami, Philosopher (1943) |
| Charles Samuel Addams, Cartoonist (1988) |
| Rebecca Harding Davis, Author (1910) |
| Shusaku Endo, Author (1996) |
| Greg Giraldo, Comedian (2010) |
| Alphonse Karr, Critic (1890) |