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Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me.
Diane Keaton1946–2025Then Again (2011; 2012), Ch. 6: The Uphill Climb Versus the Downhill Slide
- Character
He ne’er is crown’d
With immortality, who fears to follow
Where airy voices lead.
John Keats1795–1821Endymion (1818), Bk. II, l. 211In context
- Courage
We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond the senses.
Helen Keller1880–1968The Five-sensed World (1910)
- Courage
- Wisdom
Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
Helen Keller1880–1968Optimism (1903)
I was very lucky in my career and I loved it. But I don’t think I was accomplished enough as an actor to be remembered particularly. No, I’d like to be remembered as a decent human being, and a caring one.
Grace Kelly1929–1982Interview with Pierre Salinger, June 22, 1982
- Acting
- Character
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963
- Enemies
- Forgiveness
The basis of self-government and freedom requires the development of character and self-restraint and perseverance and the long view. And these are qualities which require many years of training and education.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963Address at the University of Washington
- Character
- Freedom
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963Remarks at Amherst College (26 October 1963)
- Honor
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. Kennedy1917–1963John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961)
- Charity
- Money
We must admit the vanity of our false distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the search for the advancement of others.
Robert F. Kennedy1925–1968On the Mindless Menace of Violence (1968)
- Charity
- Morality
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, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
Robert F. Kennedy1925–1968Day of Affirmation Address, University of Cape Town (6 June 1966)
Given ships or sails adapted to the breezes of heaven, there will be those who will not shrink from even that vast expanse.
Johannes Kepler1571–1630Translated by Edward Rosen, Kepler’s Conversation with Galileo’s Sidereal Messenger (1965), p. 39.
- Courage
- Science
All is well, practice kindness, heaven is nigh.
Jack Kerouac1922–1969Visions of Gerard (1963)
Real warriors like William Burroughs or Leonard Cohen or Wallace Stevens examine the hollow as well as anybody; they get in there, look far into the dark, and yet come out with poetry.
KKKen Kesey1935–2001The Paris Review interview (1994)
- Courage
- Poetry
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’
Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968Conquering Self-centeredness (1957)
- Charity