Knowledge is power A site for intellectuals to openly discuss the various things we see around us, and what we find to be important to us. I want this group to be a large collective of ideas of all kinds to be shared. <i>"Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well." "Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. " </i> Ralph Waldo Emerson <i>"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn."</i> Ben Franklin <i>"Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding." "I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. " "It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings. " "Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. "</i> Mohandas Gandhi <i>"Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. " "No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent. " "The great hope of society is in individual character. "</i> William Ellery Channing I just feel that to many of the sites are nothing more than a place where people try to convince the other that they are right, by bullying them. Here I want to allow for debate, compromise, and explaining of ideas to actually try to change things for the better, through knowledge even if only a little.