...lion is made up of

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life. 

-Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate (1900-1971)

tolerating evil...

The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. 

-Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)

...not equal, more robust

All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others.
-Douglas Adams, author (1952-2001)

...best by bitter

The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.
-W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, civil rights activist, and writer (1868-1963)

...put a dent

We're here to put a dent in the universe.
-Steve Jobs, entrepreneur and inventor (1955-2011)