“One woman approached me as she walked past and, pointing to her four children who were manfully helping the smallest ones over the rough ground, whispered: 'How can you bring yourself to kill such beautiful, darling children? Have you no heart at all?' One old man, as he passed me, hissed: 'Germany will pay a heavy penance for this mass murder of the Jews.' His eyes glowed with hatred as he said this. Nevertheless he walked calmly into the gas-chamber.” MenHeartChildrenSaidHelpingEyePastBeautifulPayFourMassHatredMurderOur ChildrenJewHeavyGermanyHis EyesGasRoughOld ManSmallestNeverthelessPointingChamberDarlingOne WomanPenanceGas Chambers Author:Rudolf Hoss
“cultivate in young minds an equal love of the good, the beautiful and the absurd; most people's lives are too lead-colored to lose the smallest twinkle of light from a flash of nonsense.” PeopleMindLightBeautifulYoungLosesEducationEqualAbsurdNonsenseFlashSmallestYoung MindsEqual Love Author:Fanny Kemble
“What is the elevation of the soul? A prompt, delicate, certain feeling for all that is beautiful, all that is grand; a quick resolution to do the greatest good by the smallest means; a great benevolence joined to a great strength and great humility.” MeanSoulFeelingsBeautifulCertainHumilityResolutionDelicateSmallestBenevolencePromptsElevation Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater