“If there’s a world here in a hundred years, it’s going to be saved by tens of millions of little things. The powers-that-be can break up any big thing they want. They can corrupt it or co-opt it from the inside, or they can attack it from the outside. But what are they going to … Continue reading Random Quote for May 03, 2025
“Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.”~Bernard Meltzer American radio host Bernard Meltzer was born on this day in 1916.
“The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.”~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, and teacher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born on this day in 1881.
“Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil’s propagation.”~Hosea Ballou American Universalist clergyman and theological writer Hosea Ballou was born on this day in 1771.
“America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.”~Carrie P. Meek American educator, legislator, and stateswoman Carrie P. Meek was born on this day in 1926.
“What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”~Terry PratchettTerry Pratchett (2008). “Going Postal: (Discworld Novel 33)”, p.64, Random House English author, humorist, and satirist Terry Pratchett was born on this day in 1948
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”~Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was born on this day in 1889.
“There is no security for any power unless it be a security in which its neighbours have an equal share.”~Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon British statesman Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, was born on this day in 1862.
“There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn’t die, and the only thing that one can do, is to fill one’s mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It doesn’t bring immediate peace, but it brings the dawn nearer.”~A. C. Benson English essayist, poet, … Continue reading Random Quote for April 24, 2025
“No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary.”~Lester B. Pearson Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar Lester B. Pearson was born on this day in 1897.
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