But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.

When you start to question you are part of the problem.

Gliding down the bike path on a Saturday morning, you whip by somebody peddling in the opposite direction and give each other a nod. For a moment it's like 'Hey, we're both doing the same thing. Let's be friends for a second.

There's something to be said about silence; it can be a moment of truth, or a moment of connection to other like minded people.

Manlius ... Took care in his invitations, actively sought to exclude from his circle crude and vulgar men like Caius Valerius. But they were all around; it was Manlius who lived in a dream world, and his bubble of civility was becoming smaller and smaller. Caius Valerius, powerful member of a powerful family, had never even heard of Plato. A hundred, even fifty years before, such an absurdity would have been inconceivable. Now it was surprising if such a man did know anything of philosophy, and even if it was explained, he would not wish to understand.