“We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
This quote is commonly attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“If the use of leisure time is confined to looking at TV for a few extra hours every day, we will deteriorate as a people.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“There never has been security. No man has ever known what he would meet around the next corner; if life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“Example is the best lesson there is.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
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“You only live twice:
Once when you’re born,
Once when you look death in the face.”
“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.”
— Arnold J. Toynbee Disputed“Man cannot live by technology alone.”
— Arnold J. Toynbee Primary source“Would you live with ease, do what you ought, and not what you please.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary sourceTogetherness Understanding Speaking