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Post by Tamrin on Feb 5, 2014 11:27:10 GMT 10
Every noble work is at first impossible
I don't pretend to understand the Universe — it's a great deal bigger than I am
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding
A judicious man looks on statistics not to get knowledge, but to save himself from having ignorance foisted on him
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun
If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeededThomas CarlyleScottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher (Died this day 1881) No ghost was ever seen by two pair of eyes
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 5, 2014 11:27:54 GMT 10
1 of 2:Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice
Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be
All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions
A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular
Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate
A hungry man is not a free man
I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to schoolAdlai StevensonAmerican politician and UN ambassador (Born this day 1900) As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 5, 2014 11:28:46 GMT 10
2 of 2:Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard
It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man — not a color
Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another
The whole basis of the United Nations is the right of all nations — great or small — to have weight, to have a vote, to be attended to, to be a part of the twentieth century
We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about themAdlai Stevenson(Born this day 1900) Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 5, 2014 11:34:08 GMT 10
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager'
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact
A paranoid man is a man who knows a little about what's going on.
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective
The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of valuesWilliam S BurroughsUS novelist, poet and essayist ( Naked Lunch) (Born this day 1914) How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 5, 2014 11:35:03 GMT 10
Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it
In God, the characteristics of men and women that we admire in men and women are combined
The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women
Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits
I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique repre- sentation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work
I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion
I think the only kind of acceptable evangelization is the evangelization of good exampleRev. Andrew M GreeleyIrish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and best selling author (Born this day 1928) Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 5, 2014 11:35:49 GMT 10
Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men economically
Lawyers — Operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass
The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain
If a salesperson shows you a gee-whiz but complicated financial product, you can be sure of two things: You don't need it and it's overpriced. You can get the same result with something easier, wiser and lower-cost
Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards
If you have a 25 percent credit card and you pay it off, you're making 25 percent on your money — guaranteed!
Call your credit-card company and see if they'll lower your interest rate on your debtsJane Bryant QuinnAmerican financial journalist (Born this day 1939) The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 5, 2014 11:36:31 GMT 10
Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity
As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust
Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt
War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized
Superior people never make long visits
Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage
You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme beliefMarianne MooreAmerican Modernist poet and writer (Died this day 1972) Beauty is everlasting and dust is for a time
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:26:12 GMT 10
Thursday’s Quotes:Virtue is the fount whence honour springs
Accurst be he that first invented war
I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance
Live and die in Aristotle's works
Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?
I'm armed with more than complete steel, — The justice of my quarrel
Confess and be hangedChristopher MarloweEnglish dramatist, poet and translator (Born this day 1564) What feeds me destroys me
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:27:00 GMT 10
G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati
It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, if every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination
The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men
Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination
And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is compare- able to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispel the clouds of superstition and of prejudice
Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankindBro. Adam WeishauptGerman philosopher (founded the Order of Illuminati — before becoming a Mason) (Born this day 1748) Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:28:18 GMT 10
Go west, young man
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done
When a man takes time to consider whether he will do a good or civil action, be assured he will never do it. The baser feelings, the calculations of interest and timidity, always prevail
We cannot control necessity, though we often persuade ourselves that certain things are our choice, when in truth we have been unavoidably impelled to them
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business
Slander has slain more than the sword
Would to God that I did stand on the same ground with every other man!Aaron Burr, Jr.American politician, 3 rd US Vice President (Born this day 1756) Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained
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