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Kafka, Franz : A book must be an axe for the frozen sea inside of us. (Franz Kafka, German language writer of novels and short stories, 1883-1924)

Kahlenberg, Richard D. : School vouchers are sold as a way for parents to handpick schools that reinforce values taught at home, but a democracy requires critical thinkers who are exposed to new ideas. (Richard D. Kahlenberg, U.S. scholar and advocate of the economic integration movement in K12 schooling)

Kahlenberg, Richard D. : School vouchers are sold as a way for parents to handpick schools that reinforce values taught at home, but democracy requires critical thinkers who are exposed to new ideas. (Richard D. Kahlenberg, U.S. scholar and advocate of the economic integration movement in K-12 schooling, Born 1963)

Kaiser, Henry : Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. (Henry Kaiser, U.S. ship-building industrialist who later developed Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Steel, as well as Kaiser Permanente health care, 1882-1967)

Kaiser, Henry J. : Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. (Henry J. Kaiser, U.S. industrialist who established the Kaiser Shipyards after which he formed Kaiser Aluminum, Kaiser Steel, and Kaiser Permanente health care.1882-1967)

Kant, Immanuel : Everything in nature acts in conformity with law. (Immanuel Kant, German philosopher views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804)

Karr, Jean-baptiste Alphonse : Every man possesses three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he really has, and that which he believes he has. (Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French novelist and journalist, 1808-1890)

Karr, Alphonse : Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses (Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist, and novelist, French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)

Karr, Alphonse : The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist, and novelist, French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)

Karr, Alphonse : Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses. (Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist, and novelist, French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)

Karr, Alphonse : The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist, and novelist, French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)

Karr, Mary : I think a dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it. (Mary Karr, U.S. poet, essayist, and memoirist, Born 1955)

Kauanui, Kehaulani J. : Racism is a system, not an event. (Kehaulani J. Kauanui, U.S. (native Hawaiian) author, editor, radio producer, educator, who serves on advisory boards, and is one of six co-founders of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Born 1968)

Kaur, Rupi : Our backs tell stories our books have no spine to carry. (Rupi Kaur, Indian-Canadian poet, writer, illustrator, and performer, Born 1992)

Keach, Stacy : In reflecting on your past, don't obscure the future. (Stacy Keach, U.S. actor and narrator, Born 1941)

Keach, Stacy : In reflecting on your past, don't obscure the future. (Stacy Keach, U.S. actor and narrator, Born 1941)

Keats, John : A thing of beauty is a joy forever. (John Keats, English Romantic poet, 1795-1821)

Keller, Helen Adams : Science may have found a cure for most evils: but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : The highest result of education is tolerance. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : Keep your face to the sunshine and you won't see the shadows. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : I thank God for my handicaps for, through them, I have found myself, my work, and my God. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : Keep your face to the sunshine and you won't see the shadows. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen : Keep your face to the sunshine and you won't see the shadows. (Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : To be blind is bad, but it is worse to have eyes and not see. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : I believe that the welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Keller, Helen Adams : Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. (Helen Adams Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)

Kelley, Emma Dunham : The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character. (Emma Dunham Kelley, U.S. writer, 1863-1938)

Kelley, David : Intuition ad creativity are informed by practice and diligence. (David Kelley, U.S. designer, engineer, professor, and founder of the design firm, IDEO, Born 1951)

Kelley, David : Intuition ad creativity are informed by practice and diligence. (David Kelley, U.S. designer, engineer, professor, and founder of the design firm, Ideo, Born 1951)

Kelley, David : Intuition ad creativity are informed by practice and diligence. (David Kelley, U.S. designer, engineer, professor, and founder of the design firm, IDEO, Born 1951)

Kelly, Walt : We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt Kelly, U.S. animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip, 'Pogo,' 1913-1973)

Kelly, Walt : We have met the enemy, and he is us. (Walt Kelly, U.S. animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo, 1913-1973)

Kelly, Walt : We have met the enemy and he is us. (Walt Kelly, U.S. animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo, 1913-1973)

Kelsey, Morton : What we assume - what we have never clearly thought out - controls us. (Morton Kelsey, twentieth century U.S. priest, counselor, and religious writer)

Kemp, Harry : The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream. (Harry Kemp, U.S. poet and prose writer, 1883-1960)

Kempis, Thomas A : And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind. (Thomas a Kempis, German-Dutch clergyman and author of devotional books, 1380-1471)

Kenmore, Carolyn : If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. (Carolyn Kenmore)

Kennedy, John F. : Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, ‘flo’ : There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody. (‘Flo’ Kennedy, U.S. lawyer, feminist, civil rights advocate, and lecturer, 1916-2000)

Kennedy, John F. : Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, Robert F. : As long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. (Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and Civil Rights Activist, 1925-1968)

Kennedy, John F. : Language is an anonymous, collective, and unconscious art - the result of the creativity of thousands of generations. (Edward Sapir, U.S. anthropologist, linguist, 1884-1939Action: Better to light a candle than to sit and curse the dark. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, John F. : The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination in 1963, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, Robert F. : As long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. (Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and Civil Rights Activist, 1925-1968)

Kennedy, Flo : There are very few jobs that actually require a penis or vagina. All other jobs should be open to everybody. (Flo Kennedy, U.S. lawyer, feminist, civil rights advocate, and lecturer, 1916-2000)

Kennedy, Robert F. : Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. (Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and Civil Rights Activist, 1925-1968)

Kennedy, John F. : Better to light a candle than to sit and curse the dark. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, John F. : Civility is not a sign of weakness. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, John F. : If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be no help. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician who served as the 35th president of the United States in 1961 until his assassination in 1963, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, John F. : We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, Robert F. : Some see things as they are and say: Why? I dream things that never were and say: Why not? (Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and Civil Rights Activist, 1925-1968)

Kennedy, Rose : It has been said that time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but it is never gone. (Rose Kennedy, U.S. philanthropist, socialite, centenarian, and the mother of nine children, including President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy, 1890-1995)

Kennedy, John F. : The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, John F. : The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kennedy, John F. : Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. (John F. Kennedy, U.S. politician and 35th U.S. president, 1917-1963)

Kerr, Clark : The three major administration problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking for the faculty. (Clark Kerr, U.S. economist and twelfth president of the University of California, 1911-2003)

Kettering, Charles F. : No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm. (Charles F. Kettering, U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering research Foundation, 1876-1958)

Kettering, Charles F. : A problem well stated is a problem half solved. (Charles F. Kettering, U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958)

Kettering, Charles F. : Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. (Charles F. Kettering, U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958)

Kettering, Charles F. : A problem well stated is a problem half solved. (Charles F. Kettering, U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents, 1876-1958)

Kettering, Charles F. : Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax. (Charles F. Kettering, U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958)

Kettering, Charles F. : Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. (Charles F. Kettering, U.S. inventor, engineer, businessman, the holder of 186 patents, and founder of the Kettering Foundation for research, 1876-1958)

Key, Ellen : A child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses. (Ellen Key, Swedish feminist writer and an early advocate of a child-centered approach to education and parenting, 1849-192)

Keyes, Ken : A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror. (Ken Keyes, U.S. personal growth author and lecturer, 1921-1995)

Khan, Hazrat Inayat : When the string of the violin was being tuned it felt the pain of being stretched, but once it was tuned, then it knew why it was stretched. (Hazrat Inayat Khan, Indian founder of The Sufi Order in the West and teacher of Universal Sufism, 1882-1927)

Khayyam, Omar : And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die, Lift not your hands to it for help - for it as impotently moves as you or I. (Omar Khayyam, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, 1048-1131)

Khrushchev, Nikita : Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. (Nikita Khrushchev, Russian politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1894-1971)

Khrushchev, Nikita : Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. (Nikita Khrushchev, Russian politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1894-1971)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Life is to be lived forward but understood backward. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Once you label me you negate me. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Life is to be lived forward but understood backward. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Life is to be lived forward, but understood backward. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, and social critic who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher, 1813-1855)

Kierkegaard, Soren : Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. (Isaac Asimov, U.S. professor of biochemistry and science-fiction writer, 1920-1992Life: Life is to be lived forward, but understood backward. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish existentialist philosopher, theologian, and poet, 1813-1855)

Kimbrough, Emily : Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand. (Emily Kimbrough, U.S. author and broadcaster, 1899-1989)

King, Martin Luther : Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. (Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

King, Gayle : You never go wrong when you take the high road - it's less crowded up there. (Gayle King, U.S. television personality, journalist, and author, Born 1954)

King, Lily : Language actually interferes with communication . . . it gets in the way like an over-dominant sense. You have to pay much more attention to everything else. Words aren’t always the most reliable thing. (Lily King, U.S. novelist, Born 1963)

King, Martin Luther : Riots are the voices of the unheard. (Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : Non-violence means avoiding not only external physical violence, but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : [We have] socialism for the rich and rugged free-market capitalism for the poor. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : The ultimate measure of a man is not where he [sic] stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : A riot is the language of the unheard. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : War is the enemy of the poor. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social upliftis is approaching spiritual doom. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : There is nothing...to prevent us from reordering our priorities, so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : The arc of the moral universe is long but bends toward justice. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : You can't legislate morality. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : The evils of free-market capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and evils of racism. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

King, Martin Luther : The Negro knows nothing of Africa [said to have been expressed with pain and distress] (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

Kirk, Ruth : Our moment on stage is so brief, but if you can be aware of the ingredients that make up the stage upon which you live your life, you can enjoy the dance of life ever so much more. (Ruth Kirk, U.S. naturalist, photographer, and author, Born 1944)

Klitzner, Ben : Middle age is when your narrow waist and broad mind begin to change places. (Ben Klitzner, U.S. family historian, 1918-1981)

Knox, John : You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time. (John Knox, Scottish theologian and writer who was a leader of the Reformation, 1514-1572)

Knuth, Donald : The best practice is inspired by theory. The best theory is inspired by practice (Donald Knuth, U.S. computer scientist, mathematician, and professor, Born 1938)

Koestler, Arthur : Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion. (Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British author and journalist, 1905-1983)

Koestler, Arthur : The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterward. (Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British author and journalist, 1905-1983)

Koran, The : He deserves paradise who makes his companions laugh. (The Koran)

Kossuth, Lajos : It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes. (Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian statesman who served as Governor-President of Hungary during the 1848-49 revolution, 1802-1894)

Kossuth, Louis : Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. (Louis Kossuth, Hungarian statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary, 1848-1849, during the revolution, 1802-1894)

Kozol, Jonathan : Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. (Jonathan Kozol, U.S. educator, activist, and prize-winning author, Born 1936)

Kozol, Jonathan : Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. (Jonathan Kozol, U.S. educator, activist, and prize-winning author, Born 1936)

Krauss, Lawrence M. : I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. (Lawrence M. Krauss, U.S. theoretical physicist, Born 1954)

Krishnamurti, Jiddu : It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. (Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986)

Krishnamurti, Jiddu : It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. (J.K. Rowling, British author, Born 1965Friendship: It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. (J.K. Rowling, British author, Born 1965Profiling: When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. (Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986)

Krishnamurti, Jiddu : It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. (Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986)

Krishnamurti, Jiddu : When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. (Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian spiritual writer and speaker, 1895-1986)

Krutch, Joseph Wood : If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers. (Joseph Wood Krutch, writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970)

Krutch, Joseph Wood : When a man wantonly destroys a work of man we call him a vandal; when a man destroys one of the works of God, we call him a sportsman. (Joseph Wood Krutch, writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970)

Krutch, Joseph Wood : Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without. (Joseph Wood Krutch, U.S. writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970)

Krutch, Joseph Wood : Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence. (Joseph Wood Krutch, writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970)

Kubler-ross, Elisabeth : Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies and the five stages of grief, 1926-2004)

Kubler-ross, Elisabeth : People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies and the five stages of grief, 1926-2004)

Kubler-ross, Elisabeth : People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies and the five stages of grief, 1926-2004)

Kubler-ross, Elizabeth : Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings. (Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the ground-breaking book, Death and Dying, 1926-2004)

Kubrick, Stanley : The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it. (Stanley Kubrick, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and producer, 1928-1999)

Kundera, Milan : The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but that this humiliation is seen by everyone. (Milan Kundera, Czech-born French writer, Born 1929)

Kundera, Mian : The struggle against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. (Mian Kundera, Czech-born French writer, Born 1829)

Kupciinet, Irv : Air pollution is turning Mother Nature prematurely gray. (Irv Kupciinet, U.S. newspaper columnist and television talk-show host, 1912-2003)

Kushner, Tony : Every student needs someone who says, simply, You mean something. You count. (Tony Kushner, U.S. playwright, screenwriter, and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Born 1956)