~ Brother Lawrence
"Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness its outward flourishes...."
~ Shakespeare, Hamlet
"Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappointments. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding."
~ John Adams
"Things do not get better by being let alone. Unless they are adjusted, they explode with shattering detonation."
~ Winston Churchill
“When you take the free will out of education, that turns it into schooling.”
― John Taylor Gatto
“The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.”
― Friedrich A. von Hayek
“Every age has its own outlook. It is especially good at
seeing certain truths and especially liable to make certain mistakes. We all,
therefore, need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our
own period. And that means the old books. All contemporary writers share to
some extent the contemporary outlook—even those, like myself, who seem most
opposed to it. … To be sure, the books of the future would be just as good a
corrective as the books of the past, but unfortunately we cannot get at them.”
~ C.S. Lewis
“People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often.”
~ C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."
~ Plato
"With no absolute canons of objective truth, the rational is replaced by aesthetic. We believe in what we like. Those unused to thinking in terms of absolute, objective truth still have opinions and strongly held beliefs. In fact, their beliefs may even be more difficult to dislodge, since they admit no external criteria by which these can be judged and shown to be wrong. Since their beliefs are a function of the will, they cling to them willfully. since their beliefs will tend to have no foundation other than their preferences and personality, they will interpret any criticism of their beliefs as a personal attack. Since 'everyone has the right to their own opinion,' they do not mind if you do not agree with them, but they will become defensive and sometimes angry if you try to change their opinions."
~ Gene Edward Veith, Postmodern Times
“I'm fairly certain #YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people.”
~ Jack Black.
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