List of Erin Gruwell Quotes

Remember Not All Germans Were Nazis.

Fights Don't Solve Matters, They Just Make Things Worse. (diary 19)

I Grew Up In A Very Progressive Family And With A Great Educational System, And I Asked Myself, 'why Doesn't Everybody Have These Opportunities For A Good Education? So Why Not Give Back To These Kids Who Didn't Grow Up With The Same Privileges I Had?

Ruining Is A Gift .. It's The Way Of Changing.

It Sounds Strange, Somewhat On The Line Between Irony And Absurdity, To Think That People Would Rather Label And Judge Something As Significant As Each Other But Completely Bypass A Peanut. ... World Peace Is Only A Dream Because People Won't Allow Themselves And Others Around Them To Simply Be Peanuts. We Won't Allow The Color Of A Man's Heart To Be The Color Of His Skin, The Premise Of His Beliefs, And His Self-worth. We Won't Allow Him To Be A Peanut, Therefore We Won't Allow Ourselves To Come To Live In Harmony. (diary 18)

It's Not Enough To Be Tolerant...now We're Finally Moving Towards The Idea Of Acceptance.

I Have Always Been Taught To Be Proud Of Being Latina, Proud Of Being Mexican, And I Was. I Was Probably More Proud Of Being A "label" Than Of Being A Human Being, That's The Way Most Of Us Were Taught.

Education Is Such A Noble Profession, Its A Wonderful Way To Serve.

Writing Really Evokes Empathy In A Way Very Few Things Can Do.

It Doesn't Take A Rocket Scientist To Figure Out That If You Tell Kids They're Stupid--directly Or Indirectly--sooner Or Later They Start To Believe It.

Evil Prevails When Good People Do Nothing.

Society Just Doesn't Care About Young People Anymore, Even If We Are The Future.