“Honor in Italian culture means you don't do anything to disgrace your family. In 'The Sopranos' it's OK to cheat and steal as long as you don't do it to the boss.”
Peter Agostino
“Truth is respect for reality. Don't disrespect reality.”
Rain Bojangles
“It is often easier to find lies more agreeable than the truth.”
“Logic is my moral compass.”
“I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions”
Nathaniel Branden
“Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
Cesar Chavez