...out of an unread book

Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live. 

-Holmes Rolston III, professor of philosophy 

...don't burn

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.
- Norman Thomas, minister and social reformer 

...and commerce settles

When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.
-William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (1757-1827)

...take it from any

Use only that which works and take it from any place you can find it.
-Bruce Lee, martial artist and actor 

...bring us together

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
-Eugene Ionesco, playwright