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Although pleasure, love and grace are ephemeral, trust them and follow them, for they contain the meaning of life.
"Pleasure, love and grace are not man's to control. They come from identifying with life, and rejoicing in its splendor, vitality, and beauty. Although pleasure, love and grace are ephemeral, trust them and follow them, for they contain the meaning of life." – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
2005-01- 1 4 comments
...science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
- Isaac Asimov
2004-12-15 3 comments
It is time we steered by the stars, not by the lights of each passing ship.
It is time we steered by the stars, not by the lights of each passing ship.
- General Omar Bradley
2004-11-26 2 comments
"That would be a good idea."
That would be a good idea.
- Gandhi (when asked what he thought of western civilisation)
2000-01- 1 4 comments
The systems approach begins when first you view the world through the eyes of another.
The systems approach begins when first you view the world through the eyes of another.
- C. West Churchman
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Sir Winston Churchill
...the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination, political nerve, and diplomacy.
"War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination, political nerve, and diplomacy."
— Bill Moyers
Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
"Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most."
— Thucydides
"...But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!..."
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
- H.L. Mencken
